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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 word is used to describe how the Black feels after his fight with the chestnut horse in Chapter 6?
(a) Elegant.
(b) Grandiose.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Arrogant.

2. Where does Alec plan to keep the Black when he gets home?
(a) In his backyard.
(b) At an old barn near his house.
(c) At the stables at his school.
(d) At his uncle's house.

3. 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 the Black ran away.
(b) Jake says it took the whole group to get Alec off the Black.
(c) Jake says Alec should give up his dreams of racing the Black.
(d) Jake says Alec was thrown off the Black almost immediately.

4. Who is waiting at the Belmont when Henry and Alec arrive at the start of Chapter 15?
(a) Whiff Sample and Bill Lee.
(b) Mrs. Dailey and Tony.
(c) Alec's mother and father.
(d) Jim Neville and Joe Russo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Alec's father use when he asks Henry what he and Alec have been up to with regards to their plan to race the Black in Chicago?

2. What do they need to do in order to get the Black into the truck to head to the train station for Chicago at the end of Chapter 16?

3. What does Jake say after seeing Alec and the Black run for the first time on the track in Chapter 13?

4. What is one of the physical signs of dehydration Alec exhibits in Chapter 3?

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

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