Connections Quiz

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

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

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

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

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

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.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What can the reader tell about the narrator's feelings for Cowboy?

• She hoped her father would trade him for another horse.

• She wished he looked more like her brown pony.

• She was concerned about his inability to win a competition.

• She was fond of him regardless of his appearance.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

In paragraph 5, the author uses the phrase "shown the gate" to illustrate that the narrator was --

• instructed where to race

• eliminated from competition

• told which event to enter

• given a tour of the area

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Why did the author include paragraphs 1 and 2 in the selection?

• To illustrate why the narrator loved the pony she had to sell

• To show why the narrator enjoyed living in the country

• To explain why the narrator's father bought her a new horse

• To create a description of the narrator's new home

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Which definition matches the word run as it is used in paragraph 10?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

When Cowboy and the narrator won the race, people were -

• Delighted

• Impressed

• Concerned

• Stunned

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6