Black Beauty - (Anna Sewell - Level: 7.3)
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Choose the best answer for each question listed below.


1. What is the genre of Black Beauty?

Animal
Poetry
Humor
Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction

2. Black Beauty's first home was

a grass filled pasture
a city street
a dirty barn
an old hotel
a mountain

3. What was Black Beauty's job at Squire Gordon's?

performing in a circus
race horse
pulling a taxi
pulling a carriage
pulling a tractor

4. Who lived in the stable at Squire Gordon's with Beauty?

Cinnamon and Sugar
Dolly and Ginger
Rob Roy and Merrylegs
Salt and Pepper
Merrylegs and Ginger

5. After racing for the doctor, Beauty got ill. What had Joe forgotten to do for Beauty?

Lock the barn door.
Brush his coat dry.
Give him water.
Cover him with a warm blanket.
Feed him oats.

6. Why did Beauty have to leave Squire Gordon's?

Squire Gordon died.
The barn burned down.
The mistress died.
The mistress was sick.
Ginger bit Beauty

7. What was the purpose of the bearing reins?

Feed the horse.
Give the horse water.
Make the horse go faster.
Hold up the horse's head.
Tie up the horse.

8. What happened when Reuben Smith was drinking and rode Beauty too hard?

Smith died and Beauty was hurt.
Smith ran away and Beauty was lost.
Smith got fired and Beauty died.
Smith and Beauty both died.
Smith was hurt and Beauty ran away.

9. In the city of London, Beauty's job was as a

hospital horse
taxi cab horse
farm horse
hay wagon horse
fire horse

10. When Beauty was sold to his final home, who did he discover was the groom?

Jerry
Joe
Ginger
Earl
Gordon

Your score is out of 10.