Black Beauty Quizzes

Black Beauty Quiz 1

1 Black Beauty's mother forbade him from which of the following?
Biting or kicking

Jumping over the ploughman's fence

Playing with the other colts

Drinking from the meadow's river
2 Black Beauty's earliest memories were of which of the follow?
a vast open field

a polluted industrial town

a large pleasant meadow

a harsh barren desert
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 broken in at a young age

being given oats more frequently

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 sent him to a special, elite breaking in institution

The man did not require his shoes to be shod

The man did not make him wear a bit

The man was very gentle
6 Young George Gordon and his horse old Roy...
trampled Black Beauty

both lost their lives in a hunting accident

remained best friends until the end of their days

went on to become a champion racing pair
7 Squire Gordon keeps Black Beauty in which of the following?
An open field

A dungeon

A narrow hut

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

She was going to be euthanized

She previously was fighting with the horse in the adjacent stall

She was being replaced by Black Beauty
9 When John rides Black Beauty for the first time, Black Beauty...
performs splendidly

throws John off

refuses to budge from the stables

dashes out of control
10 A few months after Black Beauty's arrival to Birtwick, he and Ginger are...
married

blood rivals

not on speaking terms

good friends
11 Though Black Beauty is happy with his stables in Birtwick, he mentions that he still misses which of the following?
His old master

His liberty

His favorite oats

His mother
12 Black Beauty says of Johon which of the following?
He is very kind and gentle with Black Beauty

He was good-intentioned but he would often neglect Black Beauty

He spoiled Black Beauty

He is a mean old man
13 Ginger explains to Black Beauty that she is so ill-mannered because of which of the following reasons?
Because she was neglected and ill-treated as long as she can remember

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
14 Samson left Ginger outside because of all but which of the following reasons?
He was resentful that she had thrown him off

He was a hard man

He had been drinking intoxicants

He was angered that Ginger had bitten his father
15 After being broken in, Ginger was sent to where?
A railway construction site

A cruel London coachman

A large farm

The wild
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...
once in their lifetime be made to carry horses as horses carry them

be treated as young princes

must be broken in just like horses

never be allowed near horses
19 Black Beauty had which sort of build?
A sturdy steppe horse

A strong workman's horse

A regular tall carriage breed horse

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

legs were deliberately broken

tail was cut short

nose was cut
21 In the name of what, says Ginger and Sir Oliver, are horses too often mistreated?
Efficiency

Common welfare

Fashion

Justice
22 After hearing Sir Oliver's story of the dog's ears being cut off, Black Beauty feels which of the following?
Fear of them

Pleased that the nasty dogs are being taught a lesson

Resentment against men

Nothing
23 The horses of Squire Gordon agree that blinkers are which of the following?
Useless and annoying

Quite pleasant

Though uncomfortable, they are neccessary on the city streets

Fashionable for horses
24 Farmer Gret and Black Beauty's master had been working together to do what?
Provide all the horses with the best possible feed

Remove the cruel town farrier from his post

Get rid of the use of check reins

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

Starving his horses

Overburdening his horses

Beating 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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Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/3/2024 2:12 PM

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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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