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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Alec awoken on the ship in the middle of the night in Chapter 2?
(a) The Black licks him.
(b) The Captain shakes him.
(c) He is tossed from his bed during a storm.
(d) A siren wails.

2. What does the Black attack in Chapter 4 possibly in order to save Alec?
(a) A venomous snake.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A snapping turtle.

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

4. Where do the men who find Alec on the island tell him they are heading?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) England.
(c) India.
(d) New York.

5. In Chapter 2, what happens to one of the men who had helped bring the Black aboard the ship?
(a) He drowns while attempting to jump into a lifeboat.
(b) He slits his wrists.
(c) He tries to take Alec's lifejacket.
(d) He drowns trying to save the Black.

6. What does Alec do in hopes he will find water to drink when he reaches the island?
(a) He looks for houses.
(b) He wanders aimlessly figuring he will find water eventually.
(c) He yells for help.
(d) He follows the Black's hoof prints.

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

8. What happens when the Black sees a chestnut horse while boarding the ship to the states in Chapter 6?
(a) They fight.
(b) Alec worries the Black will become agitated so he blindfolds him.
(c) The horses owner says the Black is his.
(d) They want to play.

9. What time is it when Alec gets back home after the commotion at the barn with the Black on his first night back?
(a) 12:00 p.m.
(b) 7:00 a.m.
(c) 2:15 a.m.
(d) 11:30 a.m.

10. What is the Black doing when Alec finds him near the water spring on the island in Chapter 3?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Drinking water.
(c) Killing a snake.
(d) Eating grass.

11. What is happening when Alec wakes to "the Black's shrill scream" (34) in Chapter 4?
(a) Black finds someone else is on the island.
(b) It is raining.
(c) A snake is nearing Alec.
(d) His shelter is on fire.

12. Why does Alec say he cannot leave the island when the men first offer to take him to Rio de Janeiro?
(a) Because he is afraid to get on a ship after the last one he was on sunk.
(b) Because he will not leave the Black.
(c) Because he wants to live on the island.
(d) Because they are strangers.

13. What happens just before Alec falls to the floor of the deck unconscious in Chapter 2?
(a) A passenger shoves Alec into a wall.
(b) Alec feels faint with hunger.
(c) The Black kicks Alec.
(d) Lighting strikes the boat.

14. Who is the old horse using the only good stall at the old Halleran house?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) Bonaparte.

15. Which character does not want to ride home with the Black, so they take the car?
(a) Joe Russo.
(b) Alec.
(c) Alec's father.
(d) Alec's mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What boards the ship at the Arab port which draw attention?

3. What is the place Alec wants to keep the Black when he gets home used for?

4. What does Alec grab from his room before going to the deck after he awakes in Chapter 2?

5. Where is Alec's ship heading to before he boards another to the U.S. in Chapter 1?

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