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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Little Joe Green in Chapter 17?
2. What is the name of the horse that died in Chapter 2?
3. Why would the pony not obey the boy riding it in Chapter 13?
4. Whose opinion about James did Mr. Gordon want?
5. What occupation did the crooked hostler have before becoming a hostler?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ginger’s history come back to haunt her in Chapter 23?
2. How do readers know that John understood Black Beauty well and knew he was a loyal horse?
3. What did Joe do for Black Beauty after the horse arrived back with the doctor, and why was it incorrect?
4. How did Mr. Gordon interpret Black Beauty’s action in refusing to go forward onto the broken bridge in the storm?
5. What advice did Black Beauty’s mother give him when he was young, which he never forgot?
6. What theme is introduced In Chapter 2?
7. What does it say about John’s character that he agreed to hire Little Joe Green?
8. What was John’s opinion of Black Beauty and Ginger, based on what he told Mr. York?
9. How did the author use the weather as a writing tool in Chapter 12?
10. How did Joe’s actions in Chapter 20 show that he was a good fit to work for Squire Gordon?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are multiple examples of foreshadowing within Black Beauty. Select at least three examples of foreshadowing to describe when they occur and what they foreshadow. Did you guess what was being foreshadowed as you were reading, or did you only recognize the foreshadowing after the event being foreshadowed had occurred?
Essay Topic 2
Each horse Black Beauty meets has a name; the inspiration for some names is obvious, while others are more thought provoking. What do the names of the different horses – including the various names Black Beauty is given throughout the novel – tell readers about the horse and/or its owner? Do the horse’s names symbolize anything?
Essay Topic 3
Symbolism is literature means to inject a symbolic meaning into something else. What examples of symbolism are there in Black Beauty?
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