Assessment

What does the word admit mean?

• to confess

• to tell a secret

• to build something

• to hope something happens

What does the word barter mean?

• The process of buying and selling goods.

• They way people get the things they need in order to survive.

• To trade things for other things without using money.

• The process of creating goods or services to be sold.

According to the passage, why did Juantia's mother want her to sell the goat?

• They could use the money from selling the goat to buy some food.

• The goat was getting old and wasn't good for anything on the farm.

• They had no food to feed the goat because there was a drought.

• The goat wasn't producing any more milk.

Identify the main character in the story.

• The dog

• Samantha

• Juanita

• Bob

What did Juanita trade her goat for?

• corn

• wheat

• beans

• cotton

How did Juanita's mother feel about her trading their goat for beans?

• happy

• unbothered

• excited

• upset

After Juanita planted the beans, what did she find the next day?

• a field of beans

• a gigantic beanstalk

• a bushel of corn

• a small plant

What did Juanita see at the top of the beanstalk?

• a barn

• the corn field

• her house

• grand and magnificent palace

Why did the maid ask Juanita to hide when she answered the door?

• the giant was sleeping

• the giant was not home

• the giant does not like strangers

• the giant had company

Why was Juanita's mother happy about the hen laying golden eggs?

• Juanita's mother was able to buy everything her family needed.

• Juanita's mother enjoyed magic tricks.