Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

What is the passage mainly about?

• how readers can set up farms where they live

• why readers should plan a trip to a nearby farm

• why Will has traveled the world to talk about farming

• how Will has used farming to make sure people have good food

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

The passage says that Will imagined a table heaped with food. What does heaped mean?

• made

• grown

• filled up

• ready for

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

After buying land in the city, why did Will start composting?

• to make the soil better for growing plants

• to help his friends get rid of their food waste

• to teach the neighborhood kids something new

• to keep his tractor and other machines working well

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why did Will grow food on shelves and in hanging baskets?

• because he was taller than everyone else

• to make better use of the small space he had

• because that was how he had learned to farm in Belgium

• to make the farm more like the one he grew up on in Maryland

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

With which statement would Will most likely agree?

• Anyone can learn to become a good farmer.

• The best farms can be found in the countryside.

• Being a farmer is easier than being a basketball player.

• There are already enough farms to grow fresh food for everyone.

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CCSS.RL.1.9

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The genre of this story is ____________________.

• a biography

• an autobiography

• a narrative nonfiction

• a drama

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

According to the beginning of the story, what makes farmer Will Allen special?

• He can see what others can’t see.

• He likes to cook.

• He can hold a cabbage or basketball in one hand.

• He is always laughing.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

On page 106, why did the author quote farmer Will Allen's words?

• to show how important good food is to him

• because the author likes quotes

• to show that farmer Will Allen is an important person

• because it is a biography

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What did Will Allen want to do when he grew up?

• be a farmer

• play basketball or do white shirt work

• be a chef

• be a truck driver

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who is the narrator of the story?

• the author

• Will Allen

• Will Allen's mother

• his wife Cyndy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10