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U1W3 Selection Test: One Hen

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word wages?

a)

differences

b)

payments

c)

prices

d)

similarities

2.

Which of the following words is defined as:

NOUN - money borrowed

VERB - to lend

a)

loan

b)

profit

c)

savings

d)

wages

3.

What does the word scarce mean?

a)

interesting

b)

rare

c)

scared

d)

unusual

4.

Which selection vocabulary word best completes this sentence?

Because I put my allowance in the bank, I was able to use my ​ (a)   to buy a bicycle.

Choose from the below words
savings
loan
wages
risk
5.

Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of the word profit?

a)

accept

b)

loss

c)

progress

d)

propose

6.

Which word has almost the same meaning as the word risk?

a)

danger

b)

fate

c)

fortune

d)

satisfaction

7.

What does the word prosper mean?

a)

to create

b)

to be in charge

c)

to be successful

d)

to escape without harm

8.

What does the word afford mean?

a)

to manage

b)

to estimate

c)

to have a specific order

d)

to have enough money to pay for

9.

Where does the story take place?

a)

in a large city in Ghana

b)

in a small village in Ghana

c)

in a large city in Burkina Faso

d)

in a small village in East Africa

10.

What is Kojo’s good idea at the beginning of the story?

a)

to buy a hen

b)

to rent a cart

c)

to buy a farm

d)

to get a loan

11.

Once Kojo has some savings, what longtime dream does he spend his money on?

a)

a new cart

b)

school expenses

c)

a poultry farm

d)

more hens

12.

How does Kojo convince the bank president in Accra to give him a loan?

a)

He signs a document promising to pay back the loan.

b)

He shows him pictures of his chickens and their eggs.

c)

He shows him all the money he has made selling eggs.

d)

He tells him how he has built his fl ock from one brown hen.

13.

Which text evidence best tells the author’s message?

a)

The next time the boy asks Kojo where an egg will go, Kojo will say, “To your future, my child.”

b)

As the years pass, Kojo’s poultry farm becomes the largest in all of West Africa.

c)

Now he doesn’t have to think: he knows in his heart that she is the one.

d)

It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true.