Black Beauty Quizzes

Black Beauty Quiz 1

1 Black Beauty's mother forbade him from which of the following?
Jumping over the ploughman's fence

Playing with the other colts

Drinking from the meadow's river

Biting or kicking
2 Black Beauty's earliest memories were of which of the follow?
a large pleasant meadow

a harsh barren desert

a polluted industrial town

a vast open field
3 As a young colt, Black Beauty witnessed which of the following?
a hunt

a flood

a barn burn down

a carnival
4 Which part of his initial training did Black Beauty consider a significant advantage?
being given oats more frequently

being broken in at a young age

being with his mother during the breaking in process

being sent to train near a railroad track
5 Black Beauty appreciated the way his old master trained him for which of the follow reasons?
The man did not make him wear a bit

The man did not require his shoes to be shod

The man sent him to a special, elite breaking in institution

The man was very gentle
6 Young George Gordon and his horse old Roy...
went on to become a champion racing pair

both lost their lives in a hunting accident

trampled Black Beauty

remained best friends until the end of their days
7 Squire Gordon keeps Black Beauty in which of the following?
A dungeon

An open field

A roomy open stall

A narrow hut
8 Ginger was moved out of her open stall for which of the following reasons?
She bit the stable boy

She was being replaced by Black Beauty

She was going to be euthanized

She previously was fighting with the horse in the adjacent stall
9 When John rides Black Beauty for the first time, Black Beauty...
refuses to budge from the stables

throws John off

dashes out of control

performs splendidly
10 A few months after Black Beauty's arrival to Birtwick, he and Ginger are...
good friends

blood rivals

not on speaking terms

married
11 Though Black Beauty is happy with his stables in Birtwick, he mentions that he still misses which of the following?
His liberty

His mother

His old master

His favorite oats
12 Black Beauty says of Johon which of the following?
He was good-intentioned but he would often neglect Black Beauty

He is a mean old man

He is very kind and gentle with Black Beauty

He spoiled Black Beauty
13 Ginger explains to Black Beauty that she is so ill-mannered because of which of the following reasons?
Because she takes pleasure in other's pain

Because she does not want to make frends with her captors

Because she has never forgotten the wrong done to her brother by the stableboy bullies

Because she was neglected and ill-treated as long as she can remember
14 Samson left Ginger outside because of all but which of the following reasons?
He was resentful that she had thrown him off

He had been drinking intoxicants

He was angered that Ginger had bitten his father

He was a hard man
15 After being broken in, Ginger was sent to where?
The wild

A cruel London coachman

A large farm

A railway construction site
16 After a while, Ginger finds Black Beauty's presence as which of the following?
Painful

Uplifting

Still annoying

Meaningless
17 During Mr. Bloomfield's visit, Merrylegs does which of the following?
He makes his long-planned bid for freedom

He stays in his stall all day out of fear

He throws off the boys

He fulfills all the childrens' wishes quite obediently
18 Boys, Merrylegs argues, must...
be treated as young princes

must be broken in just like horses

never be allowed near horses

once in their lifetime be made to carry horses as horses carry them
19 Black Beauty had which sort of build?
A regular tall carriage breed horse

A sturdy steppe horse

A strong workman's horse

A racehorce
20 Black Beauty learns that in the past, Sir Oliver's...
forelock was branded

tail was cut short

nose was cut

legs were deliberately broken
21 In the name of what, says Ginger and Sir Oliver, are horses too often mistreated?
Efficiency

Justice

Fashion

Common welfare
22 After hearing Sir Oliver's story of the dog's ears being cut off, Black Beauty feels which of the following?
Pleased that the nasty dogs are being taught a lesson

Resentment against men

Nothing

Fear of them
23 The horses of Squire Gordon agree that blinkers are which of the following?
Though uncomfortable, they are neccessary on the city streets

Fashionable for horses

Quite pleasant

Useless and annoying
24 Farmer Gret and Black Beauty's master had been working together to do what?
Get rid of the use of check reins

Remove the cruel town farrier from his post

Provide all the horses with the best possible feed

Build a railway stop at the town
25 Black Beauty's master becomes angry with Captain Langles for what reason?
Using check reins

Beating his horses

Overburdening his horses

Starving his horses

Ginger is fiesty and aggressive. She is not easy going like Black Beauty so she, "has a bad habit of biting and snapping."

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What breed were Black Beauty, Ginger and Merrylegs?

From the text, we can infer that Black Beauty and Ginger were thoroughbreds.

Merrylegs was a Welsh pony.

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My Early Home

Black Beauty begins by describing his earliest memories. He fondly remembers the pleasant meadow and pond of his young days, under the care of his mother and a kind master. Gradually, Black Beauty matured from drinking his mother’s milk to eating...

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Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

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