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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pat ask Alec for his address at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) So he can find out if they are neighbors.
(b) So he can write to Alec.
(c) So he can radio Alec's parents.
(d) So he can get Alec a cab home.

2. Who does Alec's father say must have been with him after Alec tells them the story of the shipwreck and the island in Chapter 8?
(a) God.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) The Black.

3. Whose feed does Henry tell Alec he can use for the Black until he can buy his own?
(a) Tony's.
(b) Joe's.
(c) Ned's.
(d) Johnny's.

4. What does Pat say about the Black before Alec leaves for New York?
(a) He wants Alec to let him keep the Black.
(b) He is a beauty.
(c) He would make a good race horse.
(d) He is too wild to tame.

5. Who does Pat bring Alec a radiogram from when Alec wakes at the start of Chapter 6?
(a) A news reporter.
(b) The captain of The Drake.
(c) HIs parents.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the newspaper Alec is asked to be interviewed for when he arrives in New York?

2. Who tells Alec how they had to choke the Black on order to get him on board?

3. What is the first type of food Alec finds to eat on the island?

4. What part of Alec's body is covered in blood when he regains consciousness on the boat's deck in Chapter 2?

5. What remnant from the sinking ship Alec was on does Alec find on the island when making his shelter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pat tell Alec about how they managed to get the Black on the boat in Chapter 5?

2. How do Alec and the Black become more comfortable around each other during their first days on the island?

3. What happens when Alec meets his parents at New York Harbor and tells them the Black is his?

4. What does Mrs. Dailey tell Alec she will do if he can fix up the stall in her barn for the Black?

5. What do a group of Arab men load onto the Drake, and how does the Captain seem to feel about it?

6. How does Alec find a water spring on the island in Chapter 3?

7. What does Pat bring to Alec when he is finally able to get out of bed at the start of Chapter 6, and what does it say?

8. Why does an officer suggest that Alec blindfold the Black as they walk down the gangplank at New York Harbor?

9. What does Alec find to eat by the shore, and how does he know it is edible?

10. What do the Irish men who arrive at the island think when Alec tells them about the Drake and the Black?

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