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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. Who wrote The Black Stallion?
(a) Christopher Farley.
(b) Alec Ramsay.
(c) Walter Farley.
(d) Will F. Marley.

2. What does Alec finally tell his father while he is reading the sports page after dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) He is afraid the Black cannot win the race.
(b) He does not want to keep the Black.
(c) He wants to quit school and become a jockey.
(d) The Black is the mystery horse.

3. What time is it when Alec gets back home after the commotion at the barn with the Black on his first night back?
(a) 12:00 p.m.
(b) 2:15 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) 11:30 a.m.

4. What does the officer who arrives at the barn in the middle of the night say about the Black when he sees him?
(a) He should be a race horse.
(b) He is a beauty.
(c) He cannot live there.
(d) He is a dangerous animal.

5. Who tells Henry and Alec he is only at the track because he is a "newspaper man" (146)?
(a) Bill Lee.
(b) Jim Neville.
(c) Joe Russo.
(d) Whiff Sample.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alec's ship heading to before he boards another to the U.S. in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 2, what happens to one of the men who had helped bring the Black aboard the ship?

3. How many nights a week do Henry and Alec plan to meet Jake at the track to train the Black?

4. What do two men standing on the street corner say when Alec and Henry ask them if they saw a horse?

5. Why does Alec sleep with the Black when he is on the ship heading home at the start of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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