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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. Why does Alec sleep with the Black when he is on the ship heading home at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Because Alec is scared to sleep alone.
(b) Because Alec was not given a place to sleep.
(c) Because the Black gets upset when Alec tries to leave.
(d) Because Alec is afraid someone will hurt the Black.

2. What wakes Alec the first night he is back home with his parents in New York?
(a) His mother.
(b) The Black's screams.
(c) A storm.
(d) A knock on his door.

3. What does Alec plan to do as soon as he wakes up on his first morning back home in New York?
(a) See the Black.
(b) Make breakfast for his family.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Clean his bedroom.

4. What is the Black doing when Alec finds him near the water spring on the island in Chapter 3?
(a) Killing a snake.
(b) Eating grass.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Drinking water.

5. What does Alec begin to feed the Black regularly on the island?
(a) The carragheen moss.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Fish.
(d) Berries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper Alec is asked to be interviewed for when he arrives in New York?

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

3. What does the Black attack in Chapter 4 possibly in order to save Alec?

4. What part of New York does Alec live?

5. Who tells Alec that he has never seen anything like what the Black did after the encounter with the chestnut horse in Chapter 6?

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