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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 Henry tell Alec's father that Alec has wrapped up in racing the Black in Chicago?
(a) His energy and focus.
(b) HIs body and mind.
(c) His paycheck.
(d) His heart and soul.

2. What game does Alec tell Henry he and the Black are playing when Alec brings Whiff and Bill to the barn?
(a) Red Rover.
(b) Blind man's bluff.
(c) Hide and Seek.
(d) Tag.

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

4. What is the Black covered in when Alec finds him in Chapter 10 after he escaped from the barn?
(a) Burrs.
(b) Water.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Flowers.

5. What does Jake say the Black would want to do if he ever had the chance to race?
(a) Beat the other horses.
(b) Run into the stands.
(c) Eat sugar.
(d) Fight not run.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry know the watchman who lets them into the track in Chapter 13?

2. What does Alec feed to the Black before they move him to the middle of the field to saddle him?

3. Why do Henry and Alec take Napoleon to the track with them at the start of Chapter 13?

4. Why does Joe Russo think they could get the Black to race Sun Raider and Cyclone without being registered?

5. Tony tells Alec that the Black reminds him of a younger version of which character?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jake and how does he know Henry?

4. What does Jim give for the reason he arrives at the Belmont to watch the Black race in Chapter 15?

5. What did the owners of Sun Raider and Cyclone say when Jim Neville called them up about racing the mystery horse?

6. Who are Sun Raider and Cyclone?

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

8. What does Alec's mother worry the Black will interfere with?

9. How does Jim know Henry?

10. What information does Henry receive in Chapter 14 which makes Alec feel the Black will never be able to race?

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