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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 are the horses eating from their nose bags at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Oats.
(b) Barley.
(c) Hay.
(d) Corn.

2. What does Joey notice about the vet in Chapter 4?
(a) Soft gentle hands.
(b) Kind gentle voice.
(c) Wild red hair.
(d) Bushy black moustache.

3. How old is Joey when he is sold?
(a) About 7 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 13 months.
(d) Not yet 6 months.

4. What does Captain Nicholls do when he comes to see Joey in the evenings?
(a) Give him carrots.
(b) Brush him.
(c) Give him apples.
(d) Sketch him.

5. What did Albert's father and Farmer Easton argue over?
(a) Storm damage.
(b) Property lines.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Loose animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose guns did the Light Brigade at Balaclava take on?

2. What river ran past Albert's farm?

3. How much does Joey's new owner pay for him?

4. How many men become prisoners of war in Chapter 8?

5. What was Trooper Warren's job before he joined the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Albert sent in Chapter 3, and why?

2. Where are Stewart, Warren, Joey, and Topthorn taken after they are captured by the Germans?

3. In Chapter 8, how does Joey describe the advance to the wire on top of a hill?

4. Who writes to Warren, and who does not and why?

5. How do most of the horses act when they cross the sea, and how is Joey comforted during the voyage?

6. At the beginning of Chapter 6, how are the soldiers feeling?

7. What does Joey do when Albert's father comes at him with a whip in Chapter 2?

8. What is Trooper Warren's story?

9. What happens when Albert learns that his father sold Joey?

10. What does Captain Nicholls says when Mr. Narracott brings Joey to sell?

(see the answer keys)

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