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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the horse Henry used to race when he was young?
(a) Chance.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Chip.
(d) Chang.

2. What does Henry bring to Alec when Alec is cleaning the Black in the barn after school in Chapter 11?
(a) More feed for the Black.
(b) His old jockey outfit.
(c) Cleaning supplies.
(d) Lunch.

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

4. What was Henry's number when he raced horses?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

6. Why does Henry tell Alec he needs to let the Black loose the first morning the Black is in the barn?
(a) Because the Black is too wild to be tames.
(b) Because he needs to get used to being alone.
(c) Because Henry wants him to run away.
(d) Because Henry's wife does not want the Black to stay there.

7. What does the newspaper article Henry shows to Alec in Chapter 15 say?
(a) The Black's owner bowed out of the race.
(b) The Black will race Cyclone and Sun Rider.
(c) The Black can only race if someone can find his registration papers.
(d) The Black is a wild horse that should not race.

8. What does Alec tell Henry getting tossed off the Black's back after they saddle him reminds him of?
(a) The shipwreck.
(b) The old days on the island.
(c) His time with horses in India.
(d) Watching horse races when he was younger.

9. Who arrives at the Ramsay's just as Alec his telling is father that he will race the Black in Chicago?
(a) Joe Russo.
(b) Tony.
(c) Jim Neville.
(d) Henry.

10. 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?
(a) Tie him up.
(b) Blindfold him.
(c) Take Napoleon with them.
(d) Lure him with sugar.

11. Why do Henry and Alec take Napoleon to the track with them at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) They are going to try to sell Napoleon.
(b) They are going to race the two horses.
(c) Napoleon and the Black neigh at each other loudly and they do not want to wake anyone.
(d) They want to steal Tony's horse because he has not paid rent.

12. Who is Sun Raider's owner?
(a) Mr. Russo.
(b) Mr. Volence.
(c) Mr. Hurst.
(d) Mr. Dailey.

13. Where is the race between Cyclone and Sun Raider set to take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Flushing.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

14. What month does Henry think he and Alec should be able to start training the Black?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) July.
(d) September.

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

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 does Jim suggest Henry and Alec stop doing as momentum around the mystery horse begins to build in Chapter 15?

3. Who does Joe say he will bring to the track to see if the Black is as fast as Henry says he is?

4. 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?

5. What was the last race Henry rode with his horse, Chang?

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