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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the horse say asking for help is the same as?
(a) Taking responsibility.
(b) Refusing to take responsibility.
(c) Refusing to give up.
(d) Giving up.

2. When the friends tell the horse that they believe its story, what happens?
(a) The horse's appearance changes.
(b) The horse reveals another secret.
(c) The horse weeps.
(d) The horse hugs them.

3. When does the horse say it has been the strongest?
(a) When it has shown weakness.
(b) When it has refused to change.
(c) When it has stood up for itself.
(d) When it has helped others.

4. Who does the boy think believes in him more than he believes in himself?
(a) No one.
(b) His family.
(c) His teachers.
(d) His friends.

5. What does the boy say he is afraid they will find out about him?
(a) He is scared.
(b) He is boring.
(c) He needs help.
(d) He is ordinary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fox's reason to keep going?

2. What accident happened to one of the drawings in the book?

3. What does the horse say is sometimes "brave and magnificent" (67)?

4. What does the horse say is behind most good things?

5. What does the horse say is the bravest thing it has ever said?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about courage?

2. There are two separate sets of pictures of the four friends playing together. What is different about the second set of images?

3. What does the horse say is the most important thing, and why?

4. The horse asks the other three what their reasons are for keeping going. What do they say?

5. What lesson does the horse teach the boy about strength?

6. What does the boy say about doing "nothing" with friends, (47), and what causes him to say it?

7. How does the art change when the boy falls into the water?

8. What do the mole and the horse teach the boy about perfection?

9. When the boy points out that the fox hardly ever talks, what does the fox say, and how does the horse react?

10. What is funny about the answer to the boy's question about the moon?

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