ONE PLASTIC BAG

Where does this story take place?

• Bangladesh, India

• Gambia, Africa

• Kenya, Africa

• Islip, New York

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What does Isatou use to carry fruit at the beginning of the story?

• A plastic bag

• A box

• A palm-leaf basket

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Why does Isatou leave the basket on the ground?

• She doesn’t mind littering

• She thinks it will crumble and mix into the ground

• She thinks someone else will come pick it up.

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Why does Isatou leave the broken plastic bag on the ground?

• There’s nowhere else to put it.

• She thinks it will crumble and mix into the ground

• She is planning to pick it up later.

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Which event makes Isatou realize that the plastic bags are a problem?

• No one wants to live in the village because it’s so dirty.

• Goats aren’t having babies because of the plastic bags.

• Goats are dying in the village because they ate plastic bags.

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How do Isatou and her friends fix the problem?

• They crochet the plastic bags into purses.

• They pick up all the bags and throw them away.

• They tell people to stop using plastic bags.

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Why do Isatou and her friends crochet in secret?

• They don't want anyone stealing their idea.

• Some people in the village laugh and call them dirty.

• They want to surprise the people in the village.

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What does Isatou do with the bags her and her friends made?

• They give them to people in their village.

• They use the bags.

• They sell them in a nearby village.

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What problems did the trash cause?

• dead animals

• malaria outbreaks

• strangled gardens
  

• all these answers are correct

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The people in Gambia have healthier families, better income (💲), and more self confidence because of Isatou's bags.

• True

• False

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