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Mama Miti

Authored by Cathy Gilbert

English

3rd Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wangari learned to respect trees as a young woman.  What was the source of this respect, according to the story?

She read stories about the value of planting trees in her local library in Kenya.

She first learned about trees in college, where she studied ecology.

She grew up listening to traditional stories about people solving problems using sacred trees, such as mugumo and thigi, in her village near Mount Kenya.

She grew up listening to traditional stories explaining how to plant trees in her village near Mount Kenya.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

On page 138, who is the one wearing blue cloth with squiggles all through it?

a poor woman from the western valley

Wangari Maathai

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Her daughters stood beside her, thin as ropes."  This sentence from page 140 

is a simile that compares the daughters to ropes.

is a metaphor that compares the daughters to ropes.

is a simile that compares the woman to ropes.

is a metaphor that compares the woman to ropes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Her daughters stood beside her, thin as ropes."  This sentence from page 140 

is a simile that compares the daughters to ropes.

is a metaphor that compares the daughters to ropes.

is a simile that compares the woman to ropes.

is a metaphor that compares the woman to ropes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does the illustration on page 141 help the reader understand that years have gone by since the woman from the south accepted mukinduri seedlings from Wangari?

The sky is orange in the illustration on page 141, but it was blue on page 140.

The woman and her daughters are wearing different clothing on page 141 than they were on page 140.

A seedling from page 140 has grown into a full-sized tree on page 141, and the daughters appear taller.

The woman and her daughters are in a different village on page 141 than they were on page 140.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What text evidence helps the reader understand the meaning of fodder in paragraph 17?

"said a woman from the northern desert."

"Plant a tree."

"how can my husband feed the animals, too?"

"no money to buy medicine for them."

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What sort of tree was recommended by Wangari to protect farm animals from predators? (page 143)

mukinduri

muheregendi

muluhakuha

mukawa

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

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