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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day did Seedy Sam work?

2. Who did Black Beauty compare Jerry’s care for him to?

3. How much did Jerry charge to drive his horses faster when people were late?

4. What day of the week did Jerry give his horses off?

5. Who was Peggy sold to in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is ‘the power of polite words’ demonstrated in Chapter 46?

2. Based on Captain’s retelling of his war experience, how does war for horses compare to war for humans?

3. How is Mr. Filcher a good example of how men can be both good and bad?

4. Black Beauty uses heavy sarcasm in Chapter 29. What is he describing and why might he be using sarcasm?

5. Just as men have a check list to go through when determining if they want to buy a horse, what qualities in a potential master did Black Beauty look for?

6. How did Black Beauty’s treatment directly affect his mindset, as shown in Chapter 47?

7. What was Seedy Sam’s speech about? What were his main points?

8. How could Black Beauty’s good temperament be seen as a sort of detriment at this point in this life?

9. What did Jerry do in Chapter 37 to show that he had real consideration for Black Beauty?

10. What did Jerry have to say about himself being rich?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death appears in Black Beauty’s story many times. What are three examples of death from Black Beauty, and what might the author’s purpose have been for including those deaths?

Essay Topic 2

Black Beauty learns many valuable lessons throughout the novel. What are some lessons he learned? Who did he learn them from? Which lesson do you feel is the most valuable, and why?

Essay Topic 3

There is a motif of abuse in Black Beauty. Who endures abuse throughout the book? Who doles out the abuse? What is the abuse for? What different types of abuse are experienced in Black Beauty?

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