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According to paragraph 4, Scidmore _____for the next 24 years.

• continued to write letters

• continued to suggest the idea

• continued to make the city beautiful

According to paragraph 5, ____ the first 2,000 cherry trees.

• a lot of bugs were found in

• Japanese people burned

• Tokyo received 

In paragraph 6, Scidmore _____ .

• became the wife of the Japanese Ambassador 

• planted the first cherry tree in the US

• attended a private ceremony

William Howard Taft became the president of the United States when he was 24 years old.

• True

• False

In 1912, 2,000 healthy trees were shipped to the US from Japan.

• True

• False

At the ceremony on March 27, 1912, two cherry trees were planted in Washington, D.C.

• True

• False

Choose the correct title for each paragraph 4.

• (a) Two Thousand Cherry Trees Planted in Tokyo 

• (b) Cherry Trees Sent from Japan

• (c) William Howard Taft Received a Letter from Japan

• (d) Writing a Letter to the First Lady

• (e) Planting the First Two Cherry Trees beside the Potomac

Choose the correct title for each paragraph 5.

• (a) Two Thousand Cherry Trees Planted in Tokyo 

• (b) Cherry Trees Sent from Japan

• (c) William Howard Taft Received a Letter from Japan

• (d) Writing a Letter to the First Lady

• (e) Planting the First Two Cherry Trees beside the Potomac

Choose the correct title for each paragraph 6.

• (a) Two Thousand Cherry Trees Planted in Tokyo 

• (b) Cherry Trees Sent from Japan

• (c) William Howard Taft Received a Letter from Japan

• (d) Writing a Letter to the First Lady

• (e) Planting the First Two Cherry Trees beside the Potomac

Choose the two correct statements.

• 1. Scidmore gave up on her idea to plant cherry trees beside the river in 1909. 

• 2. The wife of the president of the United States received a letter from Scidmore. 

• 3. More than 3,000 cherry trees were burned in 1910. 

• 4. Japan shipped more than 3,000 cherry trees to the US in 1912. 

• 5. Scidmore and the first lady planted 2,000 cherry trees together in Washington, D.C.