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The tomango tree

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  • What is behind the farm?
    A big forest on a hill.
  • What does he see behind a big leaf?
    a kind of tomato or mango
  • Give one reason why the family can't grow fruit on their farm.
    too cold, pears too small, banana too green
  • What kind of bat does Tom find in the tree below him?
    A fruit bat
  • How many tomango trees does the family soon have (page 39)
    hundreds and hundreds
  • Where does Tom live?
    On a farm. In the countryside.
  • Where does Tom go one morning?
    To the forest.
  • Does Tom want to grow fruit or vegetables on his parents' farm?
    Fruit
  • What does the father do with the five tomangoes Tom gives him?
    Grow plants
  • What does Tom do with the tomango after looking at it more cafefully?
    He eats it.
  • What do his parents do on the farm?
    feed the animals and grow/plant vegetables
  • What is the strange end to the story?
    Tom never, never finds another tomango tree or hears a fruit bat.
  • What do the people from the city do with the tomangoes?
    They buy them.
  • What does Tom's father want Tom to find?
    A fruit they can grow on their farm.
  • What kind of a tree does Tom climb?
    The tallest tree.
  • How many tomangoes does Tom carry to the farm?
    Five
  • What can he see from the tall tree? Say at least three things.
    Hills, family's farm, their home, their truck and tractor and all of their fields.