One Hen

What is the setting of the story?

• a small town in Canada

• a large city in China

• a small village in Ghana

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

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

• to buy a hen

• to buy a farm

• to rent a cart

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CCSS.RL.5.1

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

• a poultry farm

• a new cart

• school expenses

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

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

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

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

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CCSS.RI.5.3

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

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

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

• Now he doesn't have to think; he knows in his heart that she is the one,

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CCSS.RL.5.2

How does Kojo's farm help the other families in Ghana?

• The farm lets them buy all the eggs they could ever want.

• The wages the people earn from working at the farm buys them things they need like food, medicine, and livestock.

• The farm helps the people have good access to free feathers.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.8

What happens to Kojo's mom when Kojo grows up?

• She sells firewood everyday in the market. She owns a cart now.

• She moves away to the port city.

• She moves onto Kojo's farm and tends the garden.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Kojo took a big risk right after college. What was the big risk?

• He borrowed money from the village.

• He used all the money he and his mother had to start a real poultry (chicken) farm.

• He loans money to his wife, Lumusi, so she can start a grain business.

What came first in the story?

• Kojo's farm becomes the largest in all of Africa.

• Kojo buys a hen.

• Kojo visits the bank president to as for a loan.

• Kojo goes to college.

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.W.5.3A

What came second in the story?

• Kojo's farm becomes the largest in all of Africa.

• Kojo buys a hen.

• Kojo visits the bank president to ask for a loan.

• Kojo goes to college.

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CCSS.RL.5.5