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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Henry write to in hopes of getting information about the Black?
(a) The Register of Horses.
(b) The Stud Book Registry Office.
(c) The Middle East Office of Thoroughbreds.
(d) The Book of Stallions.

2. What game does Alec tell Henry he and the Black are playing when Alec brings Whiff and Bill to the barn?
(a) Tag.
(b) Blind man's bluff.
(c) Red Rover.
(d) Hide and Seek.

3. What does Alec's father tell him about his mother after dinner at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) She is extending her stay in Chicago.
(b) She is coming home from Chicago early.
(c) She decided she wants to live in Chicago and will not be coming home.
(d) She wants Alec and his father to meet her in Chicago.

4. Why does Sun Raider's owner see no reason the mystery horse should not be allowed to race?
(a) He said he wants to really challenge his horse.
(b) He says he heard the Black is not that good.
(c) He says any horse should be able to join.
(d) He said that his horse will beat them both so it will save him another race in a month.

5. What does Jim suggest Henry and Alec stop doing as momentum around the mystery horse begins to build in Chapter 15?
(a) Feeding the Black sugar.
(b) Bringing the Black to the Belmont.
(c) Keeping the Black near Napoleon.
(d) Grooming the Black.

6. Why is Alec unable to focus in school at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) He did not sleep the night before.
(b) He does not feel well.
(c) His teacher is boring.
(d) He can only think of racing the Black.

7. What big race did Henry's horse when we he used to race?
(a) The Kentucky Derby.
(b) The Florida Derby.
(c) The New York Derby.
(d) The Arkansas Derby.

8. How many nights a week do Henry and Alec plan to meet Jake at the track to train the Black?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

9. What does Alec finally tell his father while he is reading the sports page after dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) He is afraid the Black cannot win the race.
(b) He does not want to keep the Black.
(c) The Black is the mystery horse.
(d) He wants to quit school and become a jockey.

10. What part of Alec's life is Alec's mother worried the Black might interfere with?
(a) Friendships.
(b) His work.
(c) Household chores.
(d) School.

11. Who gives the Black a horse blanket that says THE BLACK on it?
(a) Alec's father.
(b) Jim Neville.
(c) Tony.
(d) Henry.

12. What was the last race Henry rode with his horse, Chang?
(a) The International Cup.
(b) The Kentucky Derby.
(c) The Stanley Cup.
(d) The Dubai Cup.

13. Who is the watchmen who lets Henry and Alec into the track in Chapter 13?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jim.
(c) Jake.
(d) Joe.

14. Whose arm does the Black injury after Jim gets too close to him in at the track Chapter 15?
(a) Henry's.
(b) Jim's.
(c) Alec's.
(d) Jake's.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What summer work had Alec done in the past in the area where he searches for the Black with Henry?

2. What happened just after Chang won his last race with Henry?

3. What was Henry's number when he raced horses?

4. In addition to the saddle, what is the other thing Henry and Alec put on the Black in Chapter 12?

5. Who is Sun Raider's owner?

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