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

2. 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 cannot live there.
(b) He is a dangerous animal.
(c) He should be a race horse.
(d) He is a beauty.

3. What does Alec grab from his room before going to the deck after he awakes in Chapter 2?
(a) Some sugar.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His slippers.
(d) His lifejacket.

4. Why does Joe Russo think they could get the Black to race Sun Raider and Cyclone without being registered?
(a) Because he can produce false papers.
(b) Because he tracked down the Black's registration papers.
(c) Because the people running the race never check registration papers.
(d) Because it is a special match race not held at a race meeting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the Black's transportation to and from the race be funded?

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

3. Why does Alec say he cannot leave the island when the men first offer to take him to Rio de Janeiro?

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

5. Where does Alec's father tell him his mother is going to visit her sister in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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