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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 is Alec unable to focus in school at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) He does not feel well.
(b) He can only think of racing the Black.
(c) His teacher is boring.
(d) He did not sleep the night before.

2. Who gives the Black a horse blanket that says THE BLACK on it?
(a) Jim Neville.
(b) Tony.
(c) Alec's father.
(d) Henry.

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 jumps over the fence and runs off.
(c) He runs back to the barn in terror.
(d) He stops running and looks around.

4. What did Henry do for work after he retired from racing?
(a) He taught school.
(b) He never retired from racing.
(c) He trained racehorses.
(d) He became a farmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alec tell Henry getting tossed off the Black's back after they saddle him reminds him of?

2. Why does Jim Neville remember Henry when he first meets him at the track in Chapter 15?

3. Who tells Henry and Alec he is only at the track because he is a "newspaper man" (146)?

4. What does Tony tell Alec in the morning when Alec goes to the barn to see the Black in Chapter 9?

5. Who is the watchmen who lets Henry and Alec into the track in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Jim Neville write about in his newspaper column that causes a stir in Chapter 14?

5. What happens in Chapter 9 when Henry suggests Alec let the Black loose?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Where do Henry and Alec take the Black two weeks after they "broke the Black to bridal and saddle" (121)?

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