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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the place Alec wants to keep the Black when he gets home used for?
(a) It is a restaurant.
(b) To accommodate tourists.
(c) It is a market.
(d) It is a town hall.

2. Who does Alec's father say must have been with him after Alec tells them the story of the shipwreck and the island in Chapter 8?
(a) The Black.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) God.

3. What is the first type of food Alec finds to eat on the island?
(a) Berries.
(b) Fish.
(c) Mango.
(d) Bananas.

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

5. Who tells Alec that he has never seen anything like what the Black did after the encounter with the chestnut horse in Chapter 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) A passenger.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A sailor.

6. What does Mrs. Dailey tell Alec she will do if he does a good job fixing up the stall in the barn?
(a) She will tell his mother what a great son she has.
(b) She will let him have their other horse.
(c) She will hire him as a farm hand.
(d) She will not charge him very much rent.

7. How does Alec stay with the Black after they are tossed from the ship in Chapter 2?
(a) He grabs hold of the rope attached to the Black.
(b) He sits on him.
(c) He feeds the Black sugar so he stays close.
(d) He holds onto the Black's mane.

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

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

10. Why does Alec sleep with the Black when he is on the ship heading home at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Because Alec was not given a place to sleep.
(b) Because the Black gets upset when Alec tries to leave.
(c) Because Alec is scared to sleep alone.
(d) Because Alec is afraid someone will hurt the Black.

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

12. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?
(a) The Black disappears.
(b) A ship anchors at the shore.
(c) Alec's finds another boy living on the island.
(d) A rescue plane arrives.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alec think of when a storm sets him while on the ship back home in Chapter 7?

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

3. What does Alec uses to fill the holes in his driftwood shelter on the island?

4. Why does Pat ask Alec for his address at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Who tells Alec how they had to choke the Black on order to get him on board?

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