The Garden Journeys

Where does MOST of the story take place?

• in a park

• on a farm

• in a garden

What happens at the beginning of the story?

• Mommy draws funny pictures on pieces of paper.

• The girl helps her mother start a garden.

• The neighbors eat vegetable soup.

When she first sees the little green stems growing in her garden, how does the girl feel?

• confused

• excited

• sad

When the author writes Up and down the street grew rainbows of flowers, what does she mean?

• The flowers are bright and colorful.

• The flowers only open after it rains.

• The flowers reach high into the sky.

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

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

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

• "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.

How can you tell that Mommy is a good gardener?

• Her plants make a lot of delicious vegetables.

• She uses more water than other gardeners.

• She knows the names of the plants in Chinese.

What happens after Mommy and the girl pick the vegetables?

• They sell the vegetables.

• Mommy makes a yummy soup.

• They decide to plant only flowers.

At the end of the story, why do the neighbors start planting vegetables next to their flowers?

• They want to have a better garden than Mommy.

• They want vegetables to make Mommy's special soup.

• They don't want Mommy to feel badly about her ugly garden.