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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 28:.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Little Joe Green in Chapter 17?
(a) 14 ½.
(b) 15 ½.
(c) 16 ½.
(d) 12 ½.

2. What did Black Beauty have stuck in his foot in his anecdote in Chapter 28?
(a) A piece of coal.
(b) A stone.
(c) A splinter.
(d) A piece of glass.

3. Why, did Mr. Gordon say, the small pony probably turned toward his gates in the first place in Chapter 11?
(a) The pony knew Mr. Gordon was kinder than her master and wanted to go to him.
(b) The pony was intentionally misbehaving.
(c) The pony’s master had driven her that direction many times before and she remembered.
(d) The master probably got confused and signaled her that direction.

4. Who once said that spoiling a horse was as bad as spoiling a child?
(a) John.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Lady Anne.
(d) Squire Gordon.

5. How many different types of drivers did Black Beauty describe in Chapter 28?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years had Squire Gordon and Farmer Grey worked together to do away with check-reins?

2. What was the first question Mr. Gordon asked the man who pulled his small pony’s reigns hard and whipped her after she turned toward Mr. Gordon’s gates in Chapter 11?

3. What was John’s sister’s name?

4. Who was Little Joe Green?

5. When spirited horses are not exercised enough, what are they sometimes called by humans?

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