One Hen

Read this sentence from the passage.

"Maybe he will use his egg money to build a fine wooden chicken coop. Maybe he will buy some things his mother needs, such as a new water bucket and a good knife."

What does the word fine mean as it is used in the sentence?

• charge

• excellent

• scare

• affordable

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"Each family promises to save a bit of money so that one family can borrow all the savings to buy something important."

Which word from this sentence provides a clue to the meaning of the word savings?

• family

• important

• bit

• money

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CCSS.L.5.4A

Which conflict causes Kojo to take action

• Kojo builds up his flock to twenty-five hens

• Kojo's uniform feels stiff and new as he walks to school

• Adika asks Kojo for a small loan

• The bank does not want to loan money to a young man from a poor family

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Kojo shows good character throughout the entire story. Which of these personality traits contribute in the greatest way to the plot?

• He is persistent and hard-working

• He is slow and lazy

• He is honest and calm

• He is loving and kind

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which clue from the story supports your answer to question 3?

• As Kojo nears the house, he can smell his mother's fufu cooking. He begins to walk faster.

• Collecting eggs from so many hens is hard work. Today he finds one under a cassava plant.

• At college Kojo's dreams take shape - the shape of a farm of his own.

• The workers on Kojo's farm can even afford livestock of their own.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of these events happened last in this story?

• Some of Kojo's employees have enough money to buy their own farms

• Adika comes to ask Kojo for a loan

• Kojo's farm becomes the largest in Ghana

• Lumusi marries Kojo

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.W.5.3A

What are two ways that Kojo helps solve the problem?

• He uses his extra money to go back to school to learn about agricultural farming

• He puts the basket with the brown hen beside his bed-mat to keep it safe

• He buys some things his mother needs like a new water bucket and a good knife

• He did not give up - He went directly to the bank president to ask for a loan

• Since his father died, he has had to quit school and help his mother collect wood to sell

Which answer best states how Kojo helping people is important to the plot of the story?

• In school Kojo works hard to catch up with other students on reading, spelling, and arithmetic

• Kojo studies even harder and wins a scholarship to an agricultural college to learn more about farming

• With the money from Kojo's eggs, they build a bigger house of cinderblocks and stucco

• More children have enough to eat, more children go to school and more children are healthy

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What is the meaning of the word wages as it is used in these sentences?

"She greets Kojo and then holds out a small sack of coins. She tells Kojo that she has saved her wages. With just a bit more, she says, she could buy a mechanical grain mill."

• money

• food

• eggs

• grinder

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CCSS.L.5.4A

Which phrase gives a clue to support the answer to question 7?

"She greets Kojo and then holds out a small sack of coins. She tells Kojo that she has saved her wages. With just a bit more, she says, she could buy a mechanical grain mill."

• she greets Kojo

• a small sack of coins

• with a bit more

• she could buy a mechanical grain mill

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1