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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of New York does Alec live?
(a) Flushing.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Manhattan.

2. Why does Alec say he cannot leave the island when the men first offer to take him to Rio de Janeiro?
(a) Because they are strangers.
(b) Because he wants to live on the island.
(c) Because he will not leave the Black.
(d) Because he is afraid to get on a ship after the last one he was on sunk.

3. 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 take his lifejacket off of him.
(b) He tries to put him in a lifeboat.
(c) He tries to throw him overboard.
(d) He tries to steal his food.

4. What happens just before Alec falls to the floor of the deck unconscious in Chapter 2?
(a) Lighting strikes the boat.
(b) Alec feels faint with hunger.
(c) A passenger shoves Alec into a wall.
(d) The Black kicks Alec.

5. 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 they have found the boy they have been searching for.
(c) They think Alec is lying to them.
(d) They think Alec must be imagining things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pat bring Alec a radiogram from when Alec wakes at the start of Chapter 6?

2. What does Alec begin to feed the Black regularly on the island?

3. Whose feed does Henry tell Alec he can use for the Black until he can buy his own?

4. What wakes Alec the first night he is back home with his parents in New York?

5. Who is Joe Russo, the man who approaches Alec when he arrives at New York Harbor?

(see the answer key)

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