Reading A-Z: George Washington Carver L

From the information in this book, readers can tell that George Washington Carver was ___________.

• angry and upset about many things

• creative and hardworking

• someone who gave up easily

• not interested in helping others

When he grew up, Carver became a professor, which is _____________.

• a person who creates, designs, or builds something.

• a farmer who works on land owned by others

• a college or university teacher

• a person who raises livestock

Which sentence helps readers know that word spread about what Carver knew about farming?

• Carver went to Alabama to help poor farmers there.

• Carver was asked to speak for ten minutes before the U.S. Congress.

• Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect.

• Carver thought that people should care for the Earth.

Which of the following sentences tells about a problem?

• Each year the crop was smaller, and farmers were poorer.

• Professor Carver taught farmers to add dead leaves to the soil.

• Planting sweet potatoes or peanuts in the fields helped the soil.

• These new products meant new items for farmers to sell.

Which of the following is an example of something Carver accomplished?

• He became the first black professor at his college.

• He taught poor farmers to plant different crops.

• He spoke to the country's lawmakers and asked them to help peanut farmers.

• All of the above.

What happened next after George was not allowed to stay at a college because he was black?

• He finished high school.

• He went to a different college.

• Susan taught him to read and write.

• He became a famous speaker.

Which of the following tells what it means to invert something?

• to create, design, or build something that did not exist before

• to work on land owned by others

• to teach in a large college

• to farm and raise livestock

Which sentence shows the influence Carver had on the world?

• More than anything, he liked to garden and explore the world outside.

• When George got to the college, he was not allowed to stay.

• He won the respect of the whole country.

• When he was twelve, he left home to go to another school.

Which of the following happened after Carver spoke for his full 10 minutes in front of the U.S. Congress?

• Some of the members laughed and made fun of him.

• He invented up to 300 uses for the peanut.

• He went to Alabama to help the poor farmers there.

• When his ten minutes were up, they asked him to speak more.

Which of the following is an opinion about George Washington Carver?

• Carver spent a lot of time helping poor farmers.

• Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect.

• Carver believed that people should care for the Earth.

• Carver was a very interesting man.