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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. Which ingredient was gradually missing from Black Beauty’s food in Chapter 30?

2. Who was Peggy sold to in Chapter 29?

3. What did Jerry tell Harry does not come from colors?

4. How did the cab drivers react to Seedy Sam’s speech in Chapter 39?

5. Who drove the butcher’s horse for deliveries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What connections were there between Seedy Sam and Ginger?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the horses, including Black Beauty, and the people in Chapter 48 reflect one another?

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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