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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. Where is the race between Cyclone and Sun Raider set to take place?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) Flushing.
(d) New York.

2. Why does Jim Neville remember Henry when he first meets him at the track in Chapter 15?
(a) He remembers Henry from his racing days.
(b) Henry trained Jim.
(c) Henry used to work with Jim.
(d) Henry and Jim went to school together.

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

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

5. Why is Alec unable to focus in geometry class in the afternoon of April 1?
(a) He has not slept well.
(b) He does not understand geometry.
(c) That is the day he begins training the Black.
(d) He has a crush on the girl who sits near him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which racehorse is considered "the champion of the west coast" (138)?

2. What summer work had Alec done in the past in the area where he searches for the Black with Henry?

3. Why does Henry tell Alec he needs to let the Black loose the first morning the Black is in the barn?

4. What does Jim suggest Henry and Alec stop doing as momentum around the mystery horse begins to build in Chapter 15?

5. Whose arm does the Black injury after Jim gets too close to him in at the track Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Alec when he finds the Black after he ran away?

2. What does Jim's column say the day after he watches the Black race at the Belmont for the first time?

3. What does Tony tell Alec about the Black when Alec comes home from school the day after the Black surprised Tony?

4. What is Alec's daily schedule for the months after he comes home with the Black?

5. How does Jim know Henry?

6. What does Henry say to Mr. Ramsay when he worries the Black is too wild and dangerous for Alec to race?

7. What is important about April 1 in Chapter 12?

8. What does Alec tell Henry his time trying to ride and then getting thrown off of the Black reminds him of on their first day of training?

9. How does Alec's father react when Alec tells him that the mystery horse is the Black?

10. Why does Joe seem to think the Black would be eligible to race against Cyclone and Sun Raider even though he is not registered?

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