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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. Why is it hard for Tony to go to work the first morning the Black is in the barn with Napoleon?
(a) Because Alec needs Tony's help feeding the Black.
(b) Because Tony does not want to leave the Black.
(c) Because Napoleon is too tired.
(d) Because the Black and Napoleon do not want to leave each other.

2. What does Alec's father tell him about his mother after dinner at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) She decided she wants to live in Chicago and will not be coming home.
(b) She wants Alec and his father to meet her in Chicago.
(c) She is coming home from Chicago early.
(d) She is extending her stay in Chicago.

3. Who does Pat bring Alec a radiogram from when Alec wakes at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) The captain of The Drake.
(b) His uncle.
(c) A news reporter.
(d) HIs parents.

4. Why is the woman who owns the old Halleran house surprised when she sees Alec at her house?
(a) She had heard he drowned in a shipwreck.
(b) He looks so much older than when he left.
(c) She had told Alec never to come by.
(d) She is not used to visitors.

5. Why does Joe Russo think they could get the Black to race Sun Raider and Cyclone without being registered?
(a) Because it is a special match race not held at a race meeting.
(b) Because he can produce false papers.
(c) Because the people running the race never check registration papers.
(d) Because he tracked down the Black's registration papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Alec's life is Alec's mother worried the Black might interfere with?

2. Where does Alec's father tell him his mother is going to visit her sister in Chapter 15?

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

4. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?

5. Why is Alec unable to focus in geometry class in the afternoon of April 1?

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