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Black Beauty Chapters 22-24 Comprehension Questions

Common Core Standards
1) Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on
specific details in the text (RL 5.3)
2) Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing
inferences from the text. (RL 5.1)
3) Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including
visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Chapter 22: Earlshall (page 74)

1. Who was John first greeted by when arriving at Black Beautys new home?
a. Mr. York
b. John
c. Joe
d. Mr. Manly
2. How would you describe the setting of the chapter?
a. rich
b. poor
c. modern
d. futuristic
3. Which class of people probably live at this new estate?
a. lower class
b. middle class
c. upper class
4. Give three specific details (textual evidence) that support your answer to #2.

5. What is Mr. Yorks occupation?

a. coachmen
b. stable boy
c. master
d. riding instructor
6. What does Mr. York mean when he states, you know it is not easy in stables like these to have all the
grooms just what they should be; I do try my best
a. he does not like all the grooms
b. all the grooms do their jobs perfectly
c. all the grooms work really hard
d. not all the grooms treat the animals as fairly as they should
7. What is the consequence if John does not leave the new stables while talking to Mr. York?
a. he will begin to cry again
b. he will get a job as a stable boy there

c. he will miss the train

d. his wife will be angry
8. What does Mr. York warn the Lordship about Ginger?
a. she has never had a bearing rein
b. she has a temper
c. she does not trust easily
d. all of the above
9. What type of figurative language is being used:
It was all very grand, and three or four times as large as the old house at Birtwick
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. hyperbole
d. simile
10. What does the Lady demand the coachman to do?
a. make the horses look nicer
b. tighten the bearing rein to make their heads held higher
c. help her into the carriage
11. What literary element is used by stating:
but the worst was yet to come.
a. characterization
b. foreshadowing
c. flashback
d. plot
Chapter 23: A Strike for Liberty (page 78)
12. How would you describe the Ladys treatment of Black Beauty and Ginger?
a. loving
b. inhumane
c. ignores them
13. What supporting detail helped you answer #12?
14. What does Mr. York say about the Lordship?
a. He will not be angry at Ginger.
b. He cannot control his wife.
c. He will ask them to saddle the horses again.
15. What did Ginger get to start doing since she could not be a carriage horse anymore?
a. she sat in her stall all day
b. she worked the fields
c. she was a hunter horse
d. she was sold
16. What is a hunter horse?
17. Who was Beautys new partner?
a. Merrylegs
b. Max
c. Lady Anne

18. Why would the bearing rein shorten the horses lives? Give two supporting details (textual evidence).

19. What is it unnatural for horses to do?

20. Does Black Beautys new owner treat the horses humanely or inhumanly? Give three specific details
from the text. (Hint: This needs to be in paragraph form)

Chapter 24: The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse

21. What season are we in now?
a. fall
b. winter
c. spring
d. summer
22. What type of horseman was Lady Anne?
a. gentle
b. ignorant
c. unpleasant
d. very well educated and perfect
23. What type of riding has Lady Anne done before?
a. trail riding
b. coach riding
c. hunting
d. show jumping
24. Who was Lady Annes favorite horse?
a. Black Beauty
b. Ginger
c. Lizzie
Extended Response Questions
25. What horse would you like to ride? Support your answer with three specific details.

26. Compare and contrast Black Beauty and Ginger.

27. Name one cause and effect relationship found in this chapter.

28. How does the author create suspense in this chapter?

29. What prediction can you make about the rest of the time at their new home?

30. How does Ginger change in these last few chapters?