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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 American state is Alec from?
(a) Illinois.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. How does Henry know the watchman who lets them into the track in Chapter 13?
(a) They used to caddy together.
(b) He was a well known jockey who had trained Henry.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They are cousins.

3. What do two men standing on the street corner say when Alec and Henry ask them if they saw a horse?
(a) They say they have not seen any horse.
(b) They say the horse knocked them down as he ran by.
(c) They say they saw a horse pass by light lighting.
(d) They say the horse looked injured.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Alec the first time Jake shakes his hand in Chapter 13?

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

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. How does Alec feel at night the first time he is able to ride the Black on the island?

5. What remnant from the sinking ship Alec was on does Alec find on the island when making his shelter?

(see the answer key)

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