Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

'Always be good, so people will love you. Always work ______ and do your best ', said Black Beauty's mother to her son.

• hard

• right

• best

• worst

Anna Sewell ______________ a book about a horse because she loved horses.

• bought

• read

• wrote

• sold

In those days, in town or in the country you...

• couldn't walk.

• couldn't use a horse.

• could walk or use a horse.

• could drive a car.

In those days the horse _______________ people in carriages, carts, or buses.

• pulled

• drove

• caught

• got

In those days people who had horses ________________ them mostly kindly.

• taught

• studied

• learned

• treated

When Black Beauty was a little horse-baby he ....

• worked hard in the fields.

• drank mother's milk and played with other horses.

• always stood in the stable.

• jumped and kicked his legs happily alone.

Black Beauty's mother _____________ for Farmer Grey.

• was a riding horse

• pulled carriages

• was a farm horse

• was a riding horse and sometimes pulled carriages

Farmer Grey was ____________ to Black Beauty and his mother.

• indifferent

• similar

• cruel

• nice and kind

Black Beaty was shiny black and ______ one white foot, a white star on his head, and some white spots.

• have

• has

• had

• was having

Black Beauty had to learn to stand still when a man put _________ on him.

• a harness

• a coat

• a bit

• a stable