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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alec think of when a storm sets him while on the ship back home in Chapter 7?
(a) The island.
(b) The Drake.
(c) His mother.
(d) India.

2. 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.

3. Whose feed does Henry tell Alec he can use for the Black until he can buy his own?
(a) Tony's.
(b) Johnny's.
(c) Ned's.
(d) Joe's.

4. How does Alec feel at night the first time he is able to ride the Black on the island?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Homesick.
(c) Sore but happy.
(d) Cold.

5. What is the name of the family who owns the old Halleran place where Alec hopes to keep the Black?
(a) The Ramsays.
(b) The Donahues.
(c) The Drurys.
(d) The Daileys.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry know the watchman who lets them into the track in Chapter 13?

2. What is the name of the horse Henry used to race when he was young?

3. In Chapter 7, a man on board the ship heading to the United States tells Alec that the Black is the only animal on board who is not what?

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

5. What does Henry say about the Black the first time he sees him run across the field?

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