Comprehension Questions- Animal Ark #24 Foals in the Field

Foals in the Field

By Ben M. Baglio

Grades 3-7; Genre - Fiction; GRL Q; AR pts: 3.0

Mandy and James help Nick take care of his new foals as he tries to fix up his father’s old farm.  But Nick's father wants to sell the farm, so Mandy and James call in the troops as they help Nick prove to his father he can take care of the farm.

Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1

  1. What is the name of the vet office the Hope’s run? Animal Ark   p. 1
  2. What is Dr. Adam’s concern about the horse Bessie? She might have her foals early  p. 3
  3. What kind of project are Mandy and James working on? History   p. 5

Chapter 2

  1. What is Nick trying to do with the farm? Fix it up   p. 10
  2. Who is Nick’s girlfriend? Fiona Armour   p. 13
  3. How long does Nick have to fix it up?  One year   p. 15
  4. What will Nick’s father do if he doesn’t succeed?  Sell the farm   p. 16

Chapter 3

  1. During the fire, who went into the stables to rescue the horses? Nick’s father, George Summers p. 22
  2. When Mandy and Dr. Adam got to the Drysdale farm, what was laying in the hay next to Bessie? A foal   p. 26
  3. What names did Mandy suggest for the foal twins? Dot and Dash   p. 34

Chapter 4

  1. Why do Mandy and James want to help Nick take care of the horses? So he can fix up the farm  p. 36
  2. What made the stable roof cave in? a big storm   p. 49
  3. How did Nick feel when the new stable got damaged?  Discouraged, sad, exhausted   p. 49

Chapter 5

  1. Why were Mandy’s hands bandaged? They got hurt holding the rope in the storm  p. 44
  2. What’s Mandy willing to miss so she can talk to George Summers? School    p. 57
  3. How did James feel about lying for Mandy? Didn’t want to do it   p. 58

Chapter 6

  1. Did Mandy help Mr. Summers change his mind about selling the farm?   No     p. 65
  2. What did Mr. Summers do when he found out Mandy lied? Called her father      p. 67
  3. How did her father feel about her lying? He was very angry.    p. 67

Chapter 7

  1. How long were Mandy and James grounded for?  One week    p. 69
  2. Even though Mandy was grounded, where did Dr. Emily take her? Drysdale Farm   p. 73
  3. Who was Mandy going to ask help finish the stable block?  The town   p. 78

Chapter 8

  1. Who showed up to help Nick? An army, a lot of people from town   p. 85
  2. Who ran after Dash into the field and copied everything he did?  Dot   p. 88
  3. Who was eating at the pub on their way to Drysdale Farm? The people who were going to buy the farm   p. 91

Chapter 9

  1. Name two people who helped Mandy slow down the people who wanted to buy the farm.  Mr. Hardy, Susan, Peter, James, Andrew, Jill, Mrs. Ponsonby   p. 99
  2. What did Mrs. Ponsonby do to slow them down? Stopped in the middle of the road and pretended her car stopped working   p. 104
  3. How did Mr. Summers know that Mrs. Ponsonby didn’t really need help with her car? She had helped him with his motorcycle before.   P. 105

Chapter 10

  1. How did Dot and Dash get out of the stable? Mr. Marr opened the door.  p. 110
  2. What happened to Dot when she jumped over the pile of debris? She broke her forelegs. P. 113
  3. What was Dr. Adam going to have to do with her? Put her to sleep.   P. 113

Chapter 11

  1. How did Mr. Summers start the fire 40 years back?He left a lamp burning   p. 120
  2. Who’s going to help Nick get the stables going? Mr. Summers   p. 123

Chapter 12

  1. Why was Mandy wearing a dress? For Nick and Fiona’s wedding   p. 125
  2. What did Mr. Summers give Fiona and Nick for their wedding? Two foals  p. 130
  3. How did Dash feel about the new foals? Happy to have new friends    p. 133