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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alec grab from his room before going to the deck after he awakes in Chapter 2?
(a) His lifejacket.
(b) His wallet.
(c) Some sugar.
(d) His slippers.

2. In Chapter 7, what do they call the place where the ship gets "inspected before passing into New York Harbor" (59)?
(a) Detention.
(b) Inspection.
(c) Quarantine.
(d) Segregation.

3. What does the officer who arrives at the barn in the middle of the night say about the Black when he sees him?
(a) He is a beauty.
(b) He should be a race horse.
(c) He cannot live there.
(d) He is a dangerous animal.

4. What does the Captain tell Alec not to let anyone steal from him when Alec says goodbye before leaving Rio de Janeiro?
(a) His pocket knife.
(b) The Black.
(c) His money.
(d) His tickets.

5. Whose feed does Henry tell Alec he can use for the Black until he can buy his own?
(a) Joe's.
(b) Tony's.
(c) Johnny's.
(d) Ned's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men who find Alec on the island tell him they are heading?

2. What part of Alec's body is covered in blood when he regains consciousness on the boat's deck in Chapter 2?

3. What does Alec see up ahead after he notices he and the Black are going into the waves rather than against them in Chapter 2?

4. Who tells Alec that he has never seen anything like what the Black did after the encounter with the chestnut horse in Chapter 6?

5. What does the Black attack in Chapter 4 possibly in order to save Alec?

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