Setting
The title for Chapter 9 is
On To The Pony Penning Grounds
Phantom could not travel very fast because
Her baby slowed her down
All the other ponies stood with their heads hanging low, tails tucked in. They looked beaten and confused. Only Phantom's foal seemed contented.
The word contented in this sentence means...
peaceful, happy, satisfied
The men on foot separated the horses by
They first separated the colts from their mothers.
Chapter 9 takes place at
Pony Penning Grounds
Describe the color of Phantom
Chestnut-reddish brown
Slowly and dejectedly, the wild ponies paraded through the main streets of Chincoteague.
The word dejectedly means...
disappointed, unhappy
Phantom's baby was not separated from her because
Her baby was too young/little
The pony penning happened every year at this time
July or summer
How was Phantom's colt acting different from all the other ponies being paraded down Main Street?
She was the only one that seemed happy with what was going on.
Maureen soon came upon them, hidden among the foiliage of a kinksbush...
What is a synonym for the word foliage?
leaves
Paul and Maureen need to earn more money to ...
buy Misty too
The weather that day was
very hot
Maureen is worried about this at the beginning of the chapter
Will the $100 be enough to buy both Phantom and Misty?
By sundown her arms were pecked and scratched and her face streaked with perspiration.
A synonym for the word perspiration is...
sweat
Grandpa hesitant to let the kids go watch the pony races because...
A big storm was coming
Who named the Phantom's colt?
She kinda named herself-lookedlike white mist in the sun
At last, the procession turned into the pony penning grounds.
A synonym for the word procession is ...
parade, crowd, herd
Grandpa thinks buying Phantom is a bad idea because...
She's too wild