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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. Who was the cab horse owner who had bought Black Beauty in Chapter 47?

2. When Jerry was out late working, how late would Polly wait up for him?

3. Which horse found Black Beauty and Reuben in Chapter 26?

4. What caused Black Beauty to stumble and fall in Chapter 25?

5. Who exercised Hotspur while Jerry was sick?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black Beauty formed many relationships throughout the novel. Which relationship affected him the most? Which character did Black Beauty influence the most?

Essay Topic 2

Many sacrifices were made for the sake of fashion throughout Black Beauty. Who was making the sacrifices? What sort of sacrifices were made? How did the humans feel about sacrificing for fashion? How did the horses feel about it?

Essay Topic 3

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

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