Tomato Harvest

In line 24, why does the speaker say that he found "sweetness and pride" in the first tomato?

• He has worked hard to grow the tomatoes.
• He has planted a very sweet-tasting variety of tomato.
• Tomatoes are his favorite food to eat.
• He knows the next tomato will not taste as good.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

Stanza 4 is important to the poem because it shows-

• the way the speaker feels about his brothers
• the speaker's commitment to his garden
• the speaker's lack of experience with gardening
• the changes the speaker notices in his plants

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

Read these lines from the poem.
^{I felt beaten splashing out to see 
How little garden was left to me.}

The poet uses these lines to show that the speaker feels-

• defeated by the storm
• confused by the effect the rain had on the garden
• burdened by the amount of work required to manage a garden
• concerned that the storm has not ended

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

The poet organizes the poem by-

• explaining the reasons for each of the speaker's actions
• listing the growing phases of the speaker's tomato plants
• presenting the order of events in the speaker's experience
• noting the frequent changes in the speaker's emotions

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which line from the poem presents a problem that the speaker cannot control?

• To keep away the birds that hoped to eat
• Of pests for whom green leaves mean lunch
• Tomatoes in the strip of clay
• One night it rained so fiercely that

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The speaker in the poem and the narrator of the selection are both-

• doubted by others
• defeated by nature
• expected to succeed
• supported by family

In what way do the speaker in the poem and the narrator of the selection differ?

• The speaker is new to gardening, while the narrator was an expert barrel racer.
• The speaker is focused on one goal, while the narrator initially attempted different events.
• The speaker exerts little effort, while the narrator struggled greatly.
• The speaker knows why he chose to garden, while the narrator was unsure of which event to enter.

Both the poem and the selection end with a feeling of-

• anticipation
• frustration
• accomplishment
• relief

One difference between the speaker in the poem and the narrator of the selection is that the speaker-

• receives more than he expected, while the narrator's performance did not meet her expectations
• is pleased with the process of growing plants, while narrator was annoyed with the results of her work
• has to be patient in order to achieve his goal, while the narrator had to practice in order to achieve her goal
• worries about what others say, while the narrator did not listen to the opinions of others