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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. What was the name of the tavern many of the cab drivers visited in the winter?
2. What was the worst road condition for the horses to travel over?
3. Who was Jerry’s best customer?
4. What made Ginger incredibly sad in Chapter 27?
5. What did the farrier diagnose Black Beauty with in Chapter 47?
Short Essay Questions
1. Just as men have a check list to go through when determining if they want to buy a horse, what qualities in a potential master did Black Beauty look for?
2. How could Black Beauty’s good temperament be seen as a sort of detriment at this point in this life?
3. What does it tell readers that Black Beauty compared Jerry to John Manly?
4. What evidence in Chapter 27 is there that Black Beauty and Ginger were aging a bit?
5. What connections were there between Seedy Sam and Ginger?
6. What thoughts on Liberty did Jerry share with Harry in Chapter 42?
7. What characteristics made Wright a “Real Gentleman,” as the chapter title and Jerry call him?
8. Based on Captain’s retelling of his war experience, how does war for horses compare to war for humans?
9. How did the way Jerry lived his life and treated people work toward his benefit in Chapter 45?
10. What hint is there in Chapter 43 that Jerry’s kind nature was finally doling him back some good fortune?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Stories have a tone and mood, which often play off of one another. What is the tone of Black Beauty? What is the mood? How do the tone and mood affect one another throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Black Beauty develops many different friendships. Compare/contrast any two friendships that Black Beauty has in the novel. What does Black Beauty have to offer his friend? What does his friend have to offer Black Beauty?
Essay Topic 3
Many sacrifices were made for the sake of fashion throughout Black Beauty. Who was making the sacrifices? What sort of sacrifices were made? How did the humans feel about sacrificing for fashion? How did the horses feel about it?
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