The Beginning
What did Black Beauty's mother tell him not to do?
Never bite or kick
What did Black Beauty want more than anything?
What did the school teacher say was the devil's trademark?
Cruelty
They refused to budge even though the hostler was pulling them.
What happened to Black Beauty because of Joe Green's mistake?
Black Beauty got very sick and almost died.
What event caused a horse and a man to die at the beginning of the book?
A hunt
Why is Ginger so ill-mannered?
She was neglected and ill-treated for as long as she could remember.
What did John think about James Howard?
He thought he was a gentle, clever, and hard working young fellow.
What happened to several of the horses during the barn fire?
Several of them were left behind because no one could rescue them.
What was the brick porter doing? How did Joe react?
The brick porter was lashing his horses, even though the horses had too heavy of a load to pull in the mud. Joe spoke out against him to the magistrate and the brick porter was punished with jail time.
Why part of his training helped Black Beauty not to be scared of loud noises? He thought this was an advantage.
Being sent to train near a railroad track.
What did Merrylegs think about boys?
That they should be broken in just like horses.
What did James Howard decide to do? Who did he decide to work for?
He decided to work for the master's brother in law as a head groom.
What did James do during the fire? What does this tell about him?
James bravely rescued Black Beauty and Ginger. They came to him because they trusted him.
Why did Squire Gordon's family move away?
The mistress was sick and the doctor said she needed to be in a warmer climate.
What happened to Young George Gordon?
He died in the hunting accident.
How did Black Beauty save John and Squire Gordon during a storm?
He refused to cross a broken bridge.
The head hostler attributed his quick and thorough cleaning of Beauty to what?
Forty years of practice
He decided to give him a chance.
What did Squire Gordon do with Black Beauty and Ginger before he moved away?
He sold Black Beauty and Ginger to an Earl.
They were good friends.
One day, John and Black Beauty encountered a boy and a pony. What was the boy doing with his pony? What did John do?
The boy was whipping his pony and tried to make it jump a fence that was too high. John went on to tell his parents about it.
Ginger and Sir Oliver say that horses are often mistreated because of what?
Fashion
What happened after Black Beauty returned from his gallop to Dr. White? What did Joe Green do?
Joe Green meant well, but he showed how inexperienced he was by giving Black Beauty cold water and not giving him his cloth to cover him up from chills.
What did the hostler think about horses? He said that they were like what?
He said that horses are like children in that if they are brought up well, they will succeed.