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Black Beauty Comprehension Check 31-40

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Mr. Barry's groom? Hint he was lazy and he lied.

a)

Alfred Smirk

b)

Filcher

c)

York

d)

Reuben Smith

2.

Why did Black Beauty's hooves bother him in Mr. Barry's stable?

a)

His feet did not bother him at all.

b)

He had an infection.

c)

He stepped on a nail.

d)

Alfred Smirk didn't keep Black Beauty's pen clean or care for his hooves properly.

3.

Why did Mr. Barry sell Black Beauty?

a)

He went bankrupt & had to sell everything.

b)

He moved out of the country.

c)

He was disgusted at having been deceived by two grooms.

d)

He was offered a high price.

4.

Where did Jerry buy Black Beauty?

a)

Mr. Barry's estate

b)

A horse fair

c)

Earlshall

d)

Birtwick Park

5.

What did the Barker family decide to call Black Beauty?

a)

Captain

b)

Max

c)

Jack

d)

Black

6.

How did Black Beauty feel about Jerry Barker and his family?

a)

He felt loved and cared for again.

b)

He did not trust their children.

c)

He shied away from them.

d)

He was excited with anticipation.

7.

What did Jerry Barker do for a living?

a)

He was a groomsman.

b)

He was a farrier.

c)

He drove a cab pulled by horses.

d)

He was a governor.

8.

Who was Black Beauty's stable mate when he worked for Jerry Barker?

a)

Lizzy

b)

Rory

c)

Captain

d)

Max

9.

What was Captain's story?

a)

He was a war horse for an officer during the Crimean War.

b)

He was a mistreated cab horse.

c)

He worked in the livery stables.

d)

He died in the Crimean War.

10.

What were the names of Jerry's children?

a)

Harry & Polly

b)

Larry & Dolly

c)

Harry & Dolly

d)

Mary & Lolly

11.

Jerry's wife was

a)

kindhearted and loving

b)

snooty & sour

c)

selfish & greedy

d)

spontaneous & unpredictable

12.

Who made up songs & sang them to himself?

a)

Harry

b)

Governor

c)

Jerry

d)

Seedy Sam

13.

Jerry Barker

a)

was kindhearted

b)

knew a good deal about horses

c)

was an honest man

d)

all of the above

14.

Jerry did not want to work on Sundays because

a)

he had another job

b)

he wanted to attend church with his family

c)

he was sick

d)

he was lazy

15.

Why did Jerry make an exception to work on Sunday?

a)

to take a lady and her son to the hospital

b)

he needed money to pay for horse feed

c)

to give his family a better life

d)

to take Dinah Brown to see her mother

16.

Who said, "My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."

a)

Jerry Barker

b)

Black Beauty

c)

Captain

d)

Governor Grant

17.

Who was Seedy Sam?

a)

Father of six

b)

An overworked cab driver

c)

A man who died

d)

All of the above

18.

Who did Black Beauty see at the Park one day, but didn't recognize at first?

a)

Sir Oliver

b)

Max

c)

Ginger

d)

Rory

19.

When Black Beauty and Ginger were catching up, Black Beauty learned that Ginger

a)

had joints that had grown out of shape

b)

Had bad breath and a cough

c)

worked in the low cabs

d)

All of the above

20.

How did Black Beauty feel about Ginger's death?

a)

overcome with grief

b)

he hoped she was out of misery

c)

happy for her

d)

sad