2. What surprises Alec the first time Jake shakes his hand in Chapter 13?
(a) Jake's hands are very cold.
(b) Jake's frailty.
(c) Jake does not want to shake his hand.
(d) Jake's strength.

3. 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.

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

5. Where does Alec's father tell him his mother is going to visit her sister in Chapter 15?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

6. What did Henry do for work after he retired from racing?
(a) He taught school.
(b) He never retired from racing.
(c) He became a farmer.
(d) He trained racehorses.

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

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

9. What does Alec feed to the Black before they move him to the middle of the field to saddle him?
(a) Berries.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Hay.
(d) Carragheen.

10. What does Jake say the Black would want to do if he ever had the chance to race?
(a) Run into the stands.
(b) Beat the other horses.
(c) Fight not run.
(d) Eat sugar.

11. What time does Alec wake to go out with Henry and the Black two weeks after they get the saddle on him?
(a) 5:00 p.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m.
(c) 1:00 a.m.
(d) 1:00 p.m.

12. What keepsakes from Henry's racing days does he show to Alec in Chapter 9?
(a) A toy racehorse a fan had given him.
(b) A portrait someone had painted of Henry and his horse.
(c) Trophies and newspaper clippings.
(d) Drawings he made of his horse.

13. What does Jim Neville say before leaving the track after watching the Black and Alec ride in Chapter 15?
(a) He says the Black has no chance against the Cyclone.
(b) He says a lot of people are going to see that horse race.
(c) He says the Black might beat the Cyclone but not Sun Raider.
(d) He says that horse is too wild for racing.

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

15. What news reporter writes to the greatest horses's owners to challenge them to a race?
(a) Jim Neville.
(b) Joe Neville.
(c) Joe Russo.
(d) Jim Russo.