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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Black do in Chapter 9 when he is running in the field and a hears a plane flying by?
(a) He runs back to the barn in terror.
(b) He stops running and looks around.
(c) He kicks and whinnies.
(d) He jumps over the fence and runs off.

2. What does Pat say about the Black before Alec leaves for New York?
(a) He is a beauty.
(b) He wants Alec to let him keep the Black.
(c) He is too wild to tame.
(d) He would make a good race horse.

3. Where does Alec go in search of the Black thinking he may have found his way there by instinct?
(a) The water pool.
(b) The apple trees.
(c) The berry bush.
(d) The shady grove.

4. What does the newspaper article Henry shows to Alec in Chapter 15 say?
(a) The Black can only race if someone can find his registration papers.
(b) The Black is a wild horse that should not race.
(c) The Black's owner bowed out of the race.
(d) The Black will race Cyclone and Sun Rider.

5. Who is waiting at the Belmont when Henry and Alec arrive at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) Mrs. Dailey and Tony.
(b) Whiff Sample and Bill Lee.
(c) Alec's mother and father.
(d) Jim Neville and Joe Russo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Henry and Alec he is only at the track because he is a "newspaper man" (146)?

2. What do they need to do in order to get the Black into the truck to head to the train station for Chicago at the end of Chapter 16?

3. Who is Sun Raider's owner?

4. Who calls Henry telling him preparations are all set for the race the day after Alec's father agrees to let him race?

5. Why is it hard for Tony to go to work the first morning the Black is in the barn with Napoleon?

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