The Ugly Vegetables

When she first sees the little green stems growing in her garden, the girl feels---

• sad

• excited

• confused

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why does Mommy say that the plants in her garden are better than flowers?

• They are taller than flowers.

• They taste better than flowers.

• They smell better than flowers.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When the author writes "Up and down the street grew rainbows of flowers," she means that-

• the flowers are bright and colorful

• the flowers reach high into the sky

• the flowers only open after it rains

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CCSS.RI.4.5

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CCSS.RI.6.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

How can the reader tell that mommy is a good gardener?

• She uses more water than other gardeners.

• Her plants make a lot of delicious vegetables.

• She knows the names of the plants in Chinese.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which sentence from the story is a clue that the girl is a hard worker?

• I rushed over to the neighbors' garden to see if theirs had grown.

• I helped my mother plant seeds, and we dragged the hose from the garden.

• I saw the neighbors standing on their porches with their eyes closed, smelling the sky.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read the sentence:

"The wind always smelled sweet and butterflies and bees flew everywhere. "

What makes the wind smell sweet?

• The birds and bees

• The vegetable garden

• The neighbors' flowers

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CCSS.RF.2.4C

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

At first, the girl doesn't love the vegetable garden because she-

• hates the taste of soup

• has never tasted vegetables

• knows that picking vegetables will be hard work

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Mommy can best be described as someone who-

• isn't friendly

• likes to share

• always shows off

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Why do the neighbors start planting vegetables next to their flowers?

• They want to have a better garden than Mommy.

• They want vegetables to make Mommy's special soup.

• They don't want Mommy to feel badly about her garden.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

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CCSS.RL.5.1

The reader can tell that the people in the neighborhood-

• enjoy growing things in their garden

• wish that Mommy would plant flowers

• have never tasted vegetable soup before

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1