Lesson 36

Where was the course that Mr. Jones set up for training Tara and Nellie?

• at Tara's house

• In the pasture behind his shop.

• in a field behind the town's court house.

How high were the jumps at first?

• a little less than 3 feet

• a little less than 2 feet

• a little less than 1 foot

Mr. Jones said he would raise the jumps when something happened. What was that?

• when Tara could stay on Nellie for these jumps

• when Nellie could jump the shelf jumps

• when Nellie quit refusing to jump

At first, Tara fell off when Nellie was ___ .

• taking off

• landing

• running

Later, Tara fell off when Nellie was ___ .

• taking off

• landing

• running

Tara fell ___ when Nellie was taking off.

• forward

• sideways

• backward

Tara fell ___ when Nellie was landing.

• backward

• sideway

• forward

Why was the mayor angry with Mr.Jones?

• Mr. Jones was supposed to make his horse new horse shoes

• Mr. Jones was supposed to fix his wheel

• Tara was was being rude to the mayor.

What did Mr. Jones say he would do if Nellie did not win the jumping contest?

• he would fix the mayor's wheel for free

• he would pay the mayor $100

• he would do the mayor's laundry for a month

Questions 10-18 Choose the correct vocabulary word that completes the sentence.

The clever movements of the fox _______________ the hunter, and the fox escaped.

• experienced

• pastured

• deceived