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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alec worry might happen after he has been searching for the Black for a half hour in Chapter 10?
(a) Someone might steal him.
(b) He might hurt himself.
(c) He might get lost.
(d) A cop might shoot him.

2. What does Jim Neville refer to the Black as in his article the day after seeing the Black at the Belmont?
(a) A True Thoroughbred.
(b) A Wild Stallion.
(c) A Mystery Horse.
(d) A Useless Beast.

3. What does Henry tell Alec's father that Alec has wrapped up in racing the Black in Chicago?
(a) His energy and focus.
(b) HIs body and mind.
(c) His paycheck.
(d) His heart and soul.

4. What happened just after Chang won his last race with Henry?
(a) Henry sold him.
(b) He died.
(c) He ran away.
(d) Someone shot him.

5. Tony tells Alec that the Black reminds him of a younger version of which character?
(a) Henry.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Frank.
(d) Himself.

6. Why is it hard for Tony to go to work the first morning the Black is in the barn with Napoleon?
(a) Because Alec needs Tony's help feeding the Black.
(b) Because Tony does not want to leave the Black.
(c) Because Napoleon is too tired.
(d) Because the Black and Napoleon do not want to leave each other.

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

8. What is the name of the track Henry and Alec take the Black to in Chapter 13?
(a) The Belmont.
(b) The Berkshire.
(c) The Brookline.
(d) The Bellingham.

9. Who are Whiff Sample and Bill Lee?
(a) Henry's nephews.
(b) Alec's cousins.
(c) Alec's schoolmates.
(d) Jockeys.

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

11. Who does Henry think should be the only person to ride the Black?
(a) Henry.
(b) Alec.
(c) Alec's father.
(d) Tony.

12. In Chapter 14, Jake says the Black's love for what is the only thing that will keep him on the track?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Winning.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Alec.

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

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

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

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 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?

3. Who is Cyclone's owner?

4. Who gives the Black a horse blanket that says THE BLACK on it?

5. Who is Sun Raider's owner?

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