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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. What does a man try to do to Alec while they are waiting to be put on lifeboats in Chapter 2?
(a) He tries to put him in a lifeboat.
(b) He tries to steal his food.
(c) He tries to throw him overboard.
(d) He tries to take his lifejacket off of him.

2. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?
(a) Alec's finds another boy living on the island.
(b) The Black disappears.
(c) A rescue plane arrives.
(d) A ship anchors at the shore.

3. In Chapter 2, what happens to one of the men who had helped bring the Black aboard the ship?
(a) He drowns while attempting to jump into a lifeboat.
(b) He drowns trying to save the Black.
(c) He tries to take Alec's lifejacket.
(d) He slits his wrists.

4. What word is used to describe how the Black feels after his fight with the chestnut horse in Chapter 6?
(a) Triumphant.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Grandiose.
(d) Elegant.

5. Why does Alec sleep with the Black when he is on the ship heading home at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Because Alec was not given a place to sleep.
(b) Because Alec is scared to sleep alone.
(c) Because Alec is afraid someone will hurt the Black.
(d) Because the Black gets upset when Alec tries to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Alec awoken on the ship in the middle of the night in Chapter 2?

2. What does the Black attack in Chapter 4 possibly in order to save Alec?

3. What color is Alec's hair?

4. What does Alec tells his parents about the Black when he first sees them in New York?

5. What does one of the Arab men do when Captain Watson appears angry at the large cargo they are loading on his ship in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Alec first eat on the island and how does he build a shelter?

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

4. What wakes Alec in the middle of the night while on the Drake and what scene ensues?

5. Why does Alec approach the inspector when the ship reaches Quarantine in Chapter 7?

6. 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?

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

8. What does the Captain say to Alec when he is heading home after Alec apologizes he has no money to give him?

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

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

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