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Reading Comprehension

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What is the first thing the girl and her mother do at the beginning of the story?

water the vegetables

make soup

start their garden

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What time of the year did they start their garden?

Autumn

Winter

Spring

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What tools did they use to turn the grass upside down in the garden?

gloves

hammers

shovels

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What kind of plants did they grow in their garden?

Chinese vegetables

fruits

flowers

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What kind of plants did the neighbors grow?

flowers

vegetables

cactus

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How were the vegetables like after growing?

hard and tough

prickly

soft and tender

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What did the neighbors want to trade for the ugly vegetables soup?

their shoes

flowers

their clothes

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How were the neighbors’ gardens DIFFERENT the next year?

they planted flowers and Chinese vegetables

they planted vegetables

they planted flowers only

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The girl thinks that her neighbors’ gardens are................

beautiful to see and smell

funny

interesting looking

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The magical smell made the girl and neighbors FEEL…

funny

hungry

tired

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What LESSON do we learn from the story?

Not to help your mother with the gardening.

Not to judge something by how it looks.

Not to be kind to your neighbors.

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"The dog followed the squirrel’s scent through the woods." Scent means.............

taste

sound

smell

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"The tough meat is hard to chew." Tough means.....................

not thick and heavy

not salty and tasty

not soft and tender

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"The tough meat is hard to chew." Tough means.....................

not salty and tasty

not soft and tender

not thick and heavy

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"The garden is beautiful when the roses bloom." Bloom means.....................

die

fall

open

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"Jack smiles and nods when his mother asks if he wants some milk." Nod means

move his head up and down

drop your head down

look carefully

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