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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 did Ben take before locking himself in the bathroom?
(a) A bottle of beer.
(b) A kitchen knife.
(c) A book of matches.
(d) A piece of pie.

2. Who is the first animal to make friends with the black hen?
(a) Corraggio.
(b) Aramis.
(c) The Lady.
(d) Whittington.

3. What word does Ben ask Whittington to explain?
(a) Potential.
(b) Plague.
(c) Promise.
(d) Prophecy.

4. What does the vet give to the horse along with castor oil?
(a) Codeine and something like Pepto-Bismol.
(b) Aspirin and something like sodium bicarbonate.
(c) Acetaminophen and something like Alca-Seltzer.
(d) Morphine and something like Zantac.

5. What is the first part of London that the travelers approach?
(a) The market gardens.
(b) The outlying tanneries.
(c) The stockyard.
(d) The dumps and smelters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Lady think that people shouldn't look down while listening to a story?

2. What does the rooster find by kicking away straw and dung?

3. What color stripe is on the mainsail of the ship Dick sails on?

4. What does Gran give to Abby and Ben when they have upset stomachs?

5. What does the Lady ask Abby to bring to the barn the next day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Will Price get his scar?

2. What is the one warm spot outside the barn during the snowy winter?

3. Who brought the horses' ancestors to the Americas, and why?

4. What is the livery of Fitzwarren's guild?

5. What worries Abby about the chickens' spring eating habits?

6. How do the flock of birds in the cornfield react when the Lady and Whittington go to investigate them?

7. What argument does the Lady give in favor of Whittington moving into the barn?

8. What horse operation does Bernie describe seeing?

9. How does the black hen act when Bernie examines her?

10. What advice does the vet give Bernie when he calls about Spooker?

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