One Hen

True or False: This is a true story. 

• True 
• False

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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Why did Kojo have to quit school as a child?

• He didn't quit school.
• His mother died. 
• He had to take care of his dog.
• His father died.

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What happened as a result of Kojo opening his farm?

• He started shipping eggs all over the world. 
• Many people got jobs and could feed their family.
• His village grew and business started coming there. 
• All answers are correct

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

True or False: Kojo married his father's friends daughter. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Where does the story take place?

• in a large city in Ghana

• in a small village in Ghana

• in a large city in Burkina Faso

• in a small village in East Africa

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Kojo’s good idea at the beginning of the story?

• to buy a hen

• to rent a cart

• to buy a farm

• to get a loan

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

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CCSS.RL.1.1

Once Kojo has some savings, what longtime dream does he spend his money on?

• a new cart

• school expenses

• a poultry farm

• more hens

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

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CCSS.RI.1.4

How does Kojo convince the bank president in Accra to give him a loan?

• He signs a document promising to pay back the loan.

• He shows him pictures of his chickens and their eggs.

• He shows him all the money he has made selling eggs.

• He tells him how he has built his flock from one brown hen.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Which text evidence best tells the author’s message? (What is lesson or theme?)

• The next time the boy asks Kojo where an egg will go, Kojo will say, “To your future, my child.”

• As the years pass, Kojo’s poultry farm becomes the largest in all of West Africa.

• Now he doesn’t have to think: he knows in his heart that she is the one.

• It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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CCSS.RL.5.9

Why do you think Kojo and his mother never have much to eat?

• They don't have a vehicle to get to the grocery store
• They grow their own food and sell more than they should
• They grow their own food and don't have much money to buy any extra
• They grow their own food and the crops didn't do well this year

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

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