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  • Which sentence BEST tells what the story is about?

    A family gets tired of eating zucchini every day.
    A family moves to the country next to a pig farmer.
    A family plants a garden and grows too many zucchini.
    A family annoys a pig farmer but helps him solve a problem.


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  • Read these sentences from the story. After we got settled, our first shopping trip was to the Big Valley Hardware Store to pick out our garden seeds. Mom and Dad rummaged through the racks of seeds like kids in a toy store. What word means almost the same as rummaged?

    jumped
    ran
    saw
    searched


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  • Why does Mom continue to insist on serving zucchini at nearly every meal?

    She wants to make the family miserable.
    She knows that zucchini is a healthy food.
    She does not want the zucchini to be wasted.
    She does not want to skip a recipe in her cookbook.


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  • Why does Allison compare the zucchini to an army of green monsters?

    The zucchini are numerous and overgrown.
    The zucchini are dangerous and frightening.
    Her parents have declared war on the zucchini.
    Her parents have lined the zucchini up in rows.


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  • How is Dad’s plan for the garden DIFFERENT from what actually happens?

    He wants his children to do the weeding.
    He hopes to eat several kinds of vegetables.
    He hopes Mr. Ballard will give him advice.
    He wants to sell the zucchini to the neighbors.


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  • Allison plans to get rid of the zucchini by

    allowing the other crops to choke them.
    using them in recipes for the neighbors.
    feeding them to Mr. Ballard’s hungry pigs.
    planting other types of seeds in the garden.


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  • How are all of the foods that Mom makes from her new cookbook ALIKE?

    The family refuses to eat them.
    They contain leftover garden seeds.
    They contain squash from the garden.
    The family feeds them to Mr. Ballard’s pigs.


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  • Why did the author write “The Great Garden Experiment”?

    to explain the best way to plant vegetables
    to tell a story about an out-of-control garden
    to describe the problems of life in the country
    to discourage readers from planting zucchini


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  • Read these sentences from the article. Mountains, deserts, and the endless prairie took their toll on animals. Lightening the load was sometimes the only way to keep the exhausted animals going. When the author says that mountains, deserts, and the endless prairie “took their toll on” animals, she means that the animals

    got lost.
    got scared.
    became weaker.
    became worthless.


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  • What is the MAIN reason the author includes parts of diaries and letters in the article?

    to make us feel sympathy for the pioneers
    to tell us about real-life pioneer experiences
    to show that the pioneers helped each other
    to prove that people really did travel west in wagons


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  • Why did the pioneers stuff rags between the wagon boards or seal them with tar when crossing shallow rivers?

    to stop food from spilling out
    to stop animals from getting in
    to allow the wagon to float across
    to keep the wagon from rolling over


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  • According to the article, which object would MOST likely be left along the side of the Oregon Trail?

    food
    dishes
    canvas cover
    running gear


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  • A fully loaded wagon was packed MOSTLY with

    food.
    tools.
    spare wagon parts.
    necessary personal items.


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  • Most pioneer families were ALIKE in their decisions about packing in that the families usually

    took too many extra wagon parts.
    transported too many personal items.
    believed beds should be put in wagons.
    thought space should be saved for children.


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  • What is the MAIN reason the author includes part of Lucy Ann Henderson Deady’s diary?

    to support the idea that the journey was difficult
    to demonstrate the value of kitchen tools for pioneers
    to explain the need for packing wagons with many items
    to show that people often had to get rid of personal treasures


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  • What purpose did covered wagons serve both DURING and AFTER the trip to Oregon?

    They were used as rafts.
    They were used for shelter.
    They were used to store food.
    They were used for long journeys.


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