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Black Beauty Ch 1-10 Vocab Practice

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bridle

a)

the straps that secure a saddle

b)

headgear used to control a horse

c)

showing resentment or anger

d)

a long narrow strap attached at one end of a horse's bit

2.

Crupper

a)

A small object placed on a horse's head to help it walk straight

b)

part of a saddle that most people hold on to

c)

another name for a meadow

d)

a strap buckled to the back of a saddle to keep it from slipping forward

3.

chaise

a)

a carriage

b)

a chair

c)

another name for a gate in a barn

d)

the act of a horse running toward something

4.

Halter

a)

to stop quickly or abruptly

b)

the blanket that goes between a horse and the saddle

c)

a rope or strap placed on the head of a horse to lead it

d)

a piece of cloth or clothing tied around the neck

5.

Headstall

a)

the part of a halter that fits around a horse's head

b)

the part of a stall that the horse's head fits through

c)

the height of a stall

d)

headgear used to control a horse

6.

bit

a)

a carriage

b)

a strap used to control a horse

c)

a piece of leather attached to a saddle

d)

metal mouth piece attached to a bridle and used to control a horse

7.

Girth

a)

the width of an object

b)

the piece of cloth that goes between a saddle and the horse

c)

strange; or odd

d)

a band that passes underneath a horse to hold a saddle in place

8.

fidget

a)

an object that flies

b)

to spin

c)

squirm

d)

a leather strap on a saddle

9.

pined

a)

to yearn or long after something

b)

when a pine tree sheds it's needles

c)

to have a pine cone thrown at you

d)

to stick something to a wall

10.

flanks

a)

a leg joint

b)

the left side of a horse

c)

sides

d)

a young female horse

11.

obliged

a)

yearned

b)

unhappy

c)

deserved

d)

forced

12.

hock

a)

to throw something

b)

leg joint

c)

scar

d)

to clear ones throat

13.

warranted

a)

a document of promise

b)

to yearn or long for something

c)

deserved

d)

forced

14.

chafed

a)

rubbed

b)

a young cow

c)

the hard part of a horse's hoof

d)

a scar

15.

civil

a)

a small bug that lives in a horse's ear

b)

a person

c)

in the city limits

d)

polite

16.

indignity

a)

pride

b)

shame

c)

unhappy

d)

polite

17.

canter

a)

a controlled three beat gait of a horse

b)

trot

c)

gallop

d)

walk

18.

farrier

a)

someone who specializes in the general care of horses

b)

someone who specializes in the mouth care of horses

c)

someone who specializes in the mane care of horses

d)

someone who specializes in the hoof care of horses

19.

paddock

a)

small enclosure for horses

b)

a veterinarian

c)

a male horse

d)

to run at full speed on a horse

20.

roan

a)

an animal, usually a horse or cow, having a coat of hair with mixed colors, typically bay, chestnut, or black mixed with white

b)

a term used when sport hunting

c)

to wander aimlessly

d)

refers to the inside of a horse's stall

21.

vice

a)

unhappy

b)

moral failure or bad habit

c)

polite

d)

deserved

22.

Complete the following sentence using the correct vocabulary word.


Black Beauty began to ____________ happily down the lane.

a)

canter

b)

restive

c)

crupper

d)

paddock

23.

The restless boy began to __________ in his seat because he could not sit still.

a)

hock

b)

fidget

c)

filly

d)

civil

24.

Pined

a)

a type of tree

b)

polite

c)

to yearn

d)

shame

25.

flanks

a)

scar

b)

a leg joint

c)

squirm

d)

sides