Characters
The young boy that Joey grew up with on the farm
Who is Albert?
This horse from the gun team dies after stray shrapnel hits them.
Who is Coco?
Said "If I had the courage—and I haven’t—we’d take off down this road and never come back."
Who is Friedrich?
The young girl that was ill and took care of Joey and Topthorn during the war
Who is Emilie?
Said "When noble creatures such as these are forced to become beasts of burden, the world has gone mad."
Who is Herr Hauptmann?
The person that painted a picture of Joey
Who is Captain Nicholls?
Joey never sees these horses again after being separated from them in a battle.
Who are the Halflingers?
This is the year the war ended.
What is 1918?
Albert married this person
Who is Maisie Brown?
Said "They fight a war and they don't know what for. Isn't that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different color uniform and speaks a different language?"
Who is Friedrich?
Albert's friend that was killed by a stray shell
Who is David?
The lead horse of a gun team in Herr Major’s unit
Who is Heinie?
Said "A horse's life is maybe even more important than a man's, 'cause a horse hasn't got no evil in him."
Who is David, quoting Sergeant Thunder?
Captured by the German soldiers and taken as prisoners of war
Who are Captain Stewart and Trooper Warren?
This is the horse that Joey stayed with on Albert's farm.
What is Zoey?
The disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies
What is no-man's land?
How Albert's father changed from the beginning of the book
What is the fact that he stopped drinking?
Said "You've done that for me...Given me back my confidence. Feel I can do anything now. Feel like one of those knights in armor when I'm up on you."
Who is Trooper Warren?