In what ways did Ida B consider the orchard trees like friends?

• She climbed them, sat in their branches, and told them jokes

• She brought her best friend to the orchard with her each day and they picked leaves together.

• She called them by names (that she had given them) and she talked to them and they answered her.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What rumor had Paulie T. heard?

• "they're going to plant plum trees in this orchard"

• "something bad's heading your way"

• "a new mall is going to be built on this land"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Ida B keep in her “Bag of Assorted Things for Not Yet Determined Plans”?

• apple seeds

• her mother's hair

• hermit crabs

• her daddy's handkerchief

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What made it necessary for Ida B to return to public school instead of being homeschooled?

• Her father has to take care of the farm by himself and her mother is too tired.

• Ida B. was getting too old for her parents to teach her properly.

• Her parents need to get jobs to pay mama's medical bills.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did Ida B describe her “new” transformed heart?

• So small that it would fit in the palm of her hand;so hard nobody could break it; so sharp it would hurt anybody who touched it.

• It became black as coal and cold to the touch.

• Broken into small, sharp pieces that were poking into her skin and making her cry.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

On Ida B’s first day of 4th grade, what color clothing did she mostly wear?

• red

• black

• purple

• white

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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 does Ms. Washington ask Ida to help Ronnie with?

• learning how to read

• learning his multiplication facts

• washing the chalkboards at the end of the day

• tying his shows

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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 thing does Ida B do for Ms. Washington that leaves her with a warm glow inside afterwords?

• she helps grade the spelling tests

• she gets to be the teacher helper for a month

• she reads a book to the class

• she helps Ms. Washington teach the social studies lesson

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does Ida B. do to try to scare away the new owners of the land?

• She hangs warning signs everywhere.

• She hangs ghosts made from old bedsheets in the trees.

• She takes Rufus and has him chase the new owners around.

• She tells them that the land is haunted.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why won't Ida B. admit to herself that she has fun with Ronnie?

• She doesn't want anyone to think he's her boyfriend.

• She doesn't want Ms. Washington to ask her to help anyone else.

• She doesn't want to admit that she actually made a friend at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6