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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tony tell Alec in the morning when Alec goes to the barn to see the Black in Chapter 9?
(a) He tells Alec he knows who owns the Black.
(b) He tells Alec he is no longer afraid of the Black.
(c) He tells Alec that the Black ate all the feed and he needs more.
(d) He tells Alec he does think the Black should stay in the barn with Napoleon.

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

3. How does Henry know the watchman who lets them into the track in Chapter 13?
(a) He was a well known jockey who had trained Henry.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They went to school together.
(d) They used to caddy together.

4. What does the Black do in Chapter 9 when he is running in the field and a hears a plane flying by?
(a) He jumps over the fence and runs off.
(b) He runs back to the barn in terror.
(c) He stops running and looks around.
(d) He kicks and whinnies.

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

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

7. What summer work had Alec done in the past in the area where he searches for the Black with Henry?
(a) He delivered milk.
(b) He was a landscaper.
(c) He was a farmhand.
(d) He was a caddy.

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

9. Who is Cyclone's owner?
(a) Mr. Hurst.
(b) Mr. Neville.
(c) Mr. Ramsay.
(d) Mr. Volence.

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Joe Russo think they could get the Black to race Sun Raider and Cyclone without being registered?
(a) Because it is a special match race not held at a race meeting.
(b) Because the people running the race never check registration papers.
(c) Because he tracked down the Black's registration papers.
(d) Because he can produce false papers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Henry and Alec putting on the Black for the first time on April 1?

2. Which racehorse is considered "the pride of the east" (138)?

3. In Chapter 13, Jake tells Henry he knows the Black will never be able race for this reason.

4. Who are Whiff Sample and Bill Lee?

5. What does Jim Neville refer to the Black as in his article the day after seeing the Black at the Belmont?

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