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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights a week do Henry and Alec plan to meet Jake at the track to train the Black?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

2. What boards the ship at the Arab port which draw attention?
(a) A black stallion.
(b) An elephant.
(c) A camel.
(d) A giraffe.

3. Who does Alec's father say must have been with him after Alec tells them the story of the shipwreck and the island in Chapter 8?
(a) The Black.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) God.

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

5. Why do Henry and Alec take Napoleon to the track with them at the start of Chapter 13?
(a) They want to steal Tony's horse because he has not paid rent.
(b) They are going to race the two horses.
(c) Napoleon and the Black neigh at each other loudly and they do not want to wake anyone.
(d) They are going to try to sell Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Alec begin to feed the Black regularly on the island?

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. Why does Alec make a spear with his pocket knife?

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