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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. What did Black Beauty say there is a great deal of at a horse fair?

2. How much did Farmer Thoroughgood purchase Black Beauty for?

3. In Chapter 26, what was determined to be wrong with Reuben?

4. Who or what did Black Beauty compare Jerry Barker to?

5. What was the worst road condition for the horses to travel over?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What hint is there in Chapter 43 that Jerry’s kind nature was finally doling him back some good fortune?

5. What evidence in Chapter 27 is there that Black Beauty and Ginger were aging a bit?

6. What personal belief did Jerry share in Chapter 36?

7. What does it tell readers that Black Beauty compared Jerry to John Manly?

8. What message about alcohol might the author be sending readers Chapter 25?

9. What thoughts on Liberty did Jerry share with Harry in Chapter 42?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Symbolism is literature means to inject a symbolic meaning into something else. What examples of symbolism are there in Black Beauty?

Essay Topic 2

Multiple themes run through Black Beauty. Select two themes from the novel; how is each theme presented? How do the themes work together?

Essay Topic 3

Black Beauty is a story told from a horse’s perspective. What are the challenges for an author of having the story told from having a horse’s perspective? What are the challenges for a reader?

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