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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. 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 slits his wrists.
(c) He tries to take Alec's lifejacket.
(d) He drowns trying to save the Black.

2. Which character does not want to ride home with the Black, so they take the car?
(a) Alec's mother.
(b) Joe Russo.
(c) Alec.
(d) Alec's father.

3. Where does Alec go to visit his Uncle Ralph?
(a) China.
(b) Australia.
(c) Italy.
(d) India.

4. Who is Joe Russo, the man who approaches Alec when he arrives at New York Harbor?
(a) A police officer.
(b) The Black's owner.
(c) Alec's old teacher.
(d) A news reporter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Daily say his horse might do to the Black when Alec seems concerned about keeping them close together?

2. What does the Captain tell Alec not to let anyone steal from him when Alec says goodbye before leaving Rio de Janeiro?

3. What is the name of the ship Alec takes when leaving his uncle?

4. What doe Alec bring to the Black every day toward the end of Chapter 1?

5. Why does Alec sleep with the Black when he is on the ship heading home at the start of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Alec tell his parents he plans to keep the Black and how does he plan to feed him?

6. What is happening when Alec wakes to "the Black's shrill scream" (34) in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

10. How does Alec manage to survive the shipwreck and where does he end up?

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