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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 14 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news reporter writes to the greatest horses's owners to challenge them to a race?
(a) Joe Neville.
(b) Jim Neville.
(c) Jim Russo.
(d) Joe Russo.

2. What wakes Alec the first night he is back home with his parents in New York?
(a) A knock on his door.
(b) His mother.
(c) A storm.
(d) The Black's screams.

3. Why is Alec unable to focus in geometry class in the afternoon of April 1?
(a) He has a crush on the girl who sits near him.
(b) That is the day he begins training the Black.
(c) He has not slept well.
(d) He does not understand geometry.

4. What does Alec tells his parents about the Black when he first sees them in New York?
(a) The Black is a gift for his mother.
(b) The Black saved his life.
(c) The Black is going to become a race horse.
(d) They need to find a home for the Black.

5. Why is it hard for Tony to go to work the first morning the Black is in the barn with Napoleon?
(a) Because Napoleon is too tired.
(b) Because Alec needs Tony's help feeding the Black.
(c) Because Tony does not want to leave the Black.
(d) Because the Black and Napoleon do not want to leave each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do two men standing on the street corner say when Alec and Henry ask them if they saw a horse?

2. Why does Pat ask Alec for his address at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?

4. What does the inspector in Chapter 7 call the Black when they are waiting to go to New York Harbor?

5. What happens to Alec once he finally gets the Black to stop running the first time they are on the track?

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