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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 were the war horses loaded onto the ship to go to war?

2. What was Jerry’s final answer to Mr. Briggs regarding the job Mr. Briggs offered him?

3. In Chapter 43, what building was the woman carrying a child looking for?

4. After Black Beauty stumbled in Chapter 25, what happened to Reuben Smith?

5. What was the Lady’s suggestion to Jakes to help Black Beauty get his load up the hill in Chapter 46?

Short Essay Questions

1. What characteristics made Wright a “Real Gentleman,” as the chapter title and Jerry call him?

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

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

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

5. Why was Jerry offended at the word ‘compensation’ in Chapter 44?

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

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

8. What does Chapter 31 say about responsibility involved in owning a horse?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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