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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 - 6 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is happening when Alec wakes to "the Black's shrill scream" (34) in Chapter 4?
(a) A snake is nearing Alec.
(b) Black finds someone else is on the island.
(c) His shelter is on fire.
(d) It is raining.

2. What does a man try to do to Alec while they are waiting to be put on lifeboats in Chapter 2?
(a) He tries to throw him overboard.
(b) He tries to put him in a lifeboat.
(c) He tries to take his lifejacket off of him.
(d) He tries to steal his food.

3. What does the Captain tell Alec not to let anyone steal from him when Alec says goodbye before leaving Rio de Janeiro?
(a) His money.
(b) His tickets.
(c) His pocket knife.
(d) The Black.

4. What do the men think when they hear the tale Alec tells when they find him on the island?
(a) They think Alec tried to steal their horse, the Black.
(b) They think Alec is lying to them.
(c) They think Alec must be imagining things.
(d) They think they have found the boy they have been searching for.

5. In Chapter 2, what happens to one of the men who had helped bring the Black aboard the ship?
(a) He drowns while attempting to jump into a lifeboat.
(b) He slits his wrists.
(c) He tries to take Alec's lifejacket.
(d) He drowns trying to save the Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men who find Alec on the island tell him they are heading?

2. Who tells Alec how they had to choke the Black on order to get him on board?

3. What happens when the Black sees a chestnut horse while boarding the ship to the states in Chapter 6?

4. What is the name of the ship Alec takes when leaving his uncle?

5. What doe Alec bring to the Black every day toward the end of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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