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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will the Black's transportation to and from the race be funded?
(a) Jim Neville will pay.
(b) Henry will pay.
(c) With proceeds from the race.
(d) Alec's family will pay.

2. What happens in the dawn after Alec's shelter has burned down?
(a) A ship anchors at the shore.
(b) The Black disappears.
(c) A rescue plane arrives.
(d) Alec's finds another boy living on the island.

3. What does Alec's father tell him about his mother after dinner at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) She wants Alec and his father to meet her in Chicago.
(b) She is coming home from Chicago early.
(c) She decided she wants to live in Chicago and will not be coming home.
(d) She is extending her stay in Chicago.

4. Why does Alec say he cannot leave the island when the men first offer to take him to Rio de Janeiro?
(a) Because he will not leave the Black.
(b) Because he is afraid to get on a ship after the last one he was on sunk.
(c) Because he wants to live on the island.
(d) Because they are strangers.

5. What time does Alec wake to go out with Henry and the Black two weeks after they get the saddle on him?
(a) 1:00 a.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 a.m.
(d) 5:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alec hear saying "Dio Mio!" in the barn in the middle of the night on Alec's first night back home?

2. What does Henry try to convince his friend of at the track when he and Alec first arrive there in Chapter 13?

3. Why does Henry tell Alec he needs to let the Black loose the first morning the Black is in the barn?

4. What do the men think when they hear the tale Alec tells when they find him on the island?

5. What does Henry tell Alec's father that Alec has wrapped up in racing the Black in Chicago?

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