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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 does Alec find on the rocks at the shoreline which he remembers from biology class is edible?
(a) Snails.
(b) Carragheen.
(c) Turtles.
(d) A red, leafy plant.

2. What does Alec's uncle give to him on his birthday?
(a) A silver coin.
(b) A cake.
(c) A pocket knife.
(d) A gold watch.

3. In Chapter 13, Jake tells Henry he knows the Black will never be able race for this reason.
(a) Because Alec would not make a good jockey.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is too young.
(d) He is not registered.

4. What surprises Alec the first time Jake shakes his hand in Chapter 13?
(a) Jake's hands are very cold.
(b) Jake's strength.
(c) Jake's frailty.
(d) Jake does not want to shake his hand.

5. What does Jake tell Alec in Chapter 15 when he rides in front of the news reporters and he wakes on the ground with a clutch of Black mane in his hand and asks if he fell?
(a) Jake says it took the whole group to get Alec off the Black.
(b) Jake says Alec should give up his dreams of racing the Black.
(c) Jake says Alec was thrown off the Black almost immediately.
(d) Jake says the Black ran away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?

2. What does the Captain tell Alec not to let anyone steal from him when Alec says goodbye before leaving Rio de Janeiro?

3. Who wrote The Black Stallion?

4. What big race did Henry's horse when we he used to race?

5. What are Henry and Alec putting on the Black for the first time on April 1?

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