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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 Jerry’s final answer to Mr. Briggs regarding the job Mr. Briggs offered him?
2. What was Black Beauty blamed for regarding what happened to Reuben?
3. Who was Peggy sold to in Chapter 29?
4. Who had been on the stand longer than any other London cab driver?
5. How much did Jerry charge to drive his horses faster when people were late?
Short Essay Questions
1. What personal belief did Jerry share in Chapter 36?
2. Based on Captain’s retelling of his war experience, how does war for horses compare to war for humans?
3. 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?
4. How do the horses, including Black Beauty, and the people in Chapter 48 reflect one another?
5. What message about alcohol might the author be sending readers Chapter 25?
6. What evidence in Chapter 27 is there that Black Beauty and Ginger were aging a bit?
7. What characteristics made Wright a “Real Gentleman,” as the chapter title and Jerry call him?
8. What did Jerry have to say about himself being rich?
9. How did the way Jerry lived his life and treated people work toward his benefit in Chapter 45?
10. Does Black Beauty believe all boys are evil? What evidence does he give to support his belief?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Gender roles have change throughout history, but they are always there. What are the gender roles in Black Beauty’s time? Do any characters defy their gender role? If so, who and how?
Essay Topic 2
Black Beauty is a story told from a horse’s perspective. What are the challenges for an author of having the story told from having a horse’s perspective? What are the challenges for a reader?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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