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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 was Filcher arrested for?

2. Whose cart ran in to Jerry’s cart hurting Captain?

3. Which word did Black Beauty NOT use to describe Alfred Smirk?

4. Why didn’t Black Beauty recognize Ginger when he first saw her in Chapter 40?

5. Who did Jerry agree to drive on a Sunday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues told Ned and Robert right away that something was off with Reuben when they found Reuben and Black Beauty?

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

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

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

5. How did the way Jerry lived his life and treated people work toward his benefit in Chapter 45?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Black Beauty was written more than 100 years ago, yet it is still a popular story today, read by millions. What elements make Black Beauty timeless? What themes in it are still relevant today?

Essay Topic 2

There are multiple examples of foreshadowing within Black Beauty. Select at least three examples of foreshadowing to describe when they occur and what they foreshadow. Did you guess what was being foreshadowed as you were reading, or did you only recognize the foreshadowing after the event being foreshadowed had occurred?

Essay Topic 3

Black Beauty can be seen as a coming-of-age story. What elements of the story make it a coming-of-age story? How does it compare to the coming-of-age story of a human?

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