The Black Stallion

The settings of The Black Stallion include

• a tramp steamer, the Arabian coast and a small port, and the ocean

• an ocean liner, a Tunisian port, and the Atlantic Ocean

• San Francisco Bay, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Philippines

• a horse van, the highway, and the Kentucky Derby

Alexander Ramsay has just spent

• two months learning how to ride in the jungles of Indonesia

• an afternoon at the zoo, watching the panthers and the parrots

• two months with his uncle in Bombay

• a week training for Special Forces with his pocketknife

The first time Alec sees the horse, he is wearing a white scarf

• so that he will look very stylish

• so that he cannot see where he is being taken

• because white looks so beautiful against his black color

• so that he can give Alec a gift

Alec can hardly believe that the horse is unbroken. The word "unbroken" here means that

• usually an adult horse has broken at least one leg growing up

• a horse that is not treated nicely is usually broken in spirit

• when this horse has raced, his record of wins is unbroken

• the horse has never been trained to accept a harness or a rider

Put the following statements in the correct order

• He was now on the beach being dragged by the stallion.

• "Well, m'boy, you're on your way home," a gruff voice said.

• The turbaned man tried to take Alec's life jacket.

• Alec left sugar for the horse.

State a rule that makes sense from reading the story.

• Horses do not like to be forced.

• Horses strike out when they are frightened.

• Horses like sugar.

• All of the above.

Alec's uncle told him that sometimes a knife comes in handy, because

• Uncle Ralph went to see a fortune teller who predicted the future.

• he knew that Alec eats a lot of pizza.

• that was what he thought, and the words went with the gift.

• when he was young, he got in a lot of fights.

It is no surprise that th ehorse rescues Alec, because

• Alec started a horse fan club on the Drake.

• what goes around, comes around (you get back what you give).

• the horse worked as a lifeguard on the Al-Bilad beach.

• a horse will naturally rescue a drowning person.

The deep feeling Alec has for the Black

• is completely returned. The horse loves Alec as much as Alec loves him.

• will never be returned because a horse cannot tell one human being from another

• doesn't matter at all, because when you are scared, you just try to save yourself.

• is not yet returned by the horse, but you feel that the horse will come to love Alec.

In fact, it is true that

• there's no connection between Alec's giving the horse sugar and his being able to grab d-the horse's rope.

• the turbaned man gave Captain Watson $12,000.

• the real name of the tramp steamer was the Gander.

• Capt. Watson was the son of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes's friend.