Wild Horses

What are wild horses?

• The horse in my back yard

• The horses at the State Fair.

• Horses brought here by the Spanish explorers

• When my horse ran away

What does the word emerge mean on the first page?

• to come into view
• disappear 
• hide
• jump out

What type of text is Wild Horses?

• Drama
• Poetry
• Expository
• Persuasive

Why did the mustang population increase during the 1970's?

• the horses were descendants from Spanish Explorers
• people hunted them
• barbed wire fences blocked horses from water
• Congress made it illegal to capture or kill wild horses

What caused Dayton Hyde to spend months searching and trying to work with the government?

• He wanted to own every horse in the world
• He was upset by the conditions of the horses and wanted to create a safe place
• He thought the horses belonged in the zoo
• He hated seeing horses running

By 1950 how many horses were left?

• less than 17,000
• more than 20,000
• less than 5,000
• less than 1,000

Which word best describes Dayton Hyde?

• Determined
• Easygoing
• Greedy
• Humorous

Where were the wild mustangs when Hyde first saw them?

• Behind his summer cabin drinking old soapy water
• In pens waiting to be killed for pet food
• On ranches being worked too hard in
• In government feedlots waiting to be adopted

After the Wild horses lost access to food and water what happened? 

• Thousands of mustangs were slautered
• Congress acted to protect the wild horses
• Ranchers captured and tamed them
• The horses left the plains

Why did Dayton Hyde decide to move the horses?

• he thought they looked miserable and hungry
• his uncle told him to do it
• He had always wanted horses
• The goverment made him