Mrs. Baird Entrepeneur

Mrs. Baird Entrepeneur

Multiple Choice

This story is an _________ story

• informational

• literary

• poem

Multiple Choice

In paragraph 6, the word permitted means —

• allowed

• begged

• Forced

• needed

Multiple Choice

How did Mrs. Baird begin selling baked goods?

• A) She went to work for a bakery.

• B)She agreed to bake rolls for a hotel.

• C)Her neighbors paid her for her bread

• .D)Her husband sold them in his restaurant.

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Baird purchased an oven because the wood-burning stove she was using —

• A) was not hers

• B) was too small

• C) burned the bread

• D) cooked too slowly

Multiple Choice

What is the theme of the selection?

• A)Hard work often leads to success.

• B)Some people work more than others

• .C)Popular items often change through the years.

• D)No one knows what to expect in the future

Multiple Choice

Read this dictionary entries below. Which meaning of the word sign is used in paragraph 8?

Multiple Choice

One likely reason Mrs. Baird became a successful business owner is that —

• her business allowed her to spend time with her children

• she did not want people to have to make their own bread

• she did not want to work in a restaurant like her husband

• her business involved something that she enjoyed doing

Multiple Choice

At first, Mrs. Baird’s sons delivered her bread —

• on foot

• in a car

• on their bicycles

• in a delivery wagon