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Growing Together

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

​1. The word _________means to obtain knowledge or skill.​

a)

learn

b)

leave

c)

change

2.

_________ means something new or to become different.

a)

learn

b)

leave

c)

change

d)

curious

3.

____________ means not special or not different.

a)

angry

b)

curious

c)

strange

d)

ordinary

4.

__________ means upset or mad.

a)

curious

b)

ordinary

c)

angry

d)

strange

5.

________means to want to know more about something.

a)

angry

b)

curious

c)

ordinary

d)

strange

6.

_____________ means unusual (not usual) or unfamiliar (not familiar).

a)

angry

b)

curious

c)

ordinary

d)

strange

7.

______ means a person who moves to a new country.

a)

gardener

b)

immigrant

c)

teacher

d)

student

8.

_____________ means to go away from a place.

a)

learn

b)

leave

c)

change

d)

grow

9.

My brother ____ in 11th grade.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

10.

Francisco's grandparents _____ from Colombia.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

11.

I ___ 5 feet tall.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

12.

You _____ a fast runner.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

13.

Michael _____ from Boston.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

14.

We ______ from Florida.

a)

am

b)

is

c)

are

15.

15. Why is Carmen upset when she runs to her father?

a)

She feels like she does not belong.

b)

She is hurt from falling off her bike.

c)

She has not made any new friends.

d)

She misses swimming in the ocean.

16.

Why is the magnolia tree special to Carmen?

a)

It grows both fruit and flowers.

b)

It came from her home in Cuba.

c)

Her parents planted it when they moved to Georgia.

d)

Her father compared it to Carmen to teach her a lesson.

17.

Why does Carmen's father discuss grafting trees with her?

a)

to give an example of how they will return to Cuba

b)

to give an example of their beautiful garden in Cuba.

c)

to teach her about gardening

d)

to explain how she will feel like she belongs in Georgia

18.

What does Carmen mean when she says she is an American?

a)

She will be patient.

b)

She wants to be a gardener.

c)

She is a mixture (mezcla/melange) of old and new.

d)

She will try to forget Cuba.

19.

When Carmen says "I am a tree that gives forth both fruit and flowers" she means that

a)

She is pretty and sweet.

b)

She is strong and beautiful.

c)

She has both Cuba and Georgia in her heart.

d)

She is weak and skinny.

20.

When Carmen says "Everything is new. Everything is strange. Everything is different." She is feeling________

a)

happy

b)

homesick

c)

hungry