The Ugly Vegetables

What does the word scent mean in the sentence below? The dog followed the squirrel's scent through the woods.

• a. smell

• b. sound

• c. taste

What does the word wrinkled mean in the sentence below? Kelly's shirt was wrinkled from being in her backpack.

• a. fresh and neat

• b. new and clean

• c. crumpled and creased

What does the word blew mean in the sentence below? The wind blew the kite high in the sky.

• a. a color

• b. a light breeze

• c. a cloud

What does the word where mean in the sentence below? This is where I go to school.

• a. put on clothes

• b. a place

• c. get old or used up

Where does MOST of the story take place?

• a. in a park

• b. on a farm

• c. in a garden

What happens at the beginning of the story?

• a. Mommy draws funny pictures on pieces of paper.

• b. The girl helps her mother start a garden.

• c. The neighbors eat vegetable soup.

Which sentence from the story is a clue that the girl is a hard worker?

• a. "I rushed over to the neighbors' garden to see if theirs had grown."

• b. "I helped my mother plant the seeds, and we dragged the hose from the garden."

• c. "I saw the neighbors standing on their porches with their eyes closed, smelling the sky."

At first , why doesn't the girl like her vegetable garden?

• She hates vegetables.

• She knows that the plants will not grow.

• She thinks it looks all dark, green, and ugly.

How can Mommy best be described?

• She isn't friendly.

• She likes to share.

• She always shows off.

What happens after Mommy and the girl pick the vegetables?

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