One Plastic Bag Story Test

In the beginning of the story, what makes Isatou angry?

• Her basket broke and her fruit fell out

• There is a lot of trash on the ground.

• Her shoes were dirty.

• She does not like the goats following her.

The story One Plastic Bag is a biography. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a biography?

• It is the story of a person’s life.

• It gives facts about real events.

• It has made up characters and events.

• It is told by another person

Why does Isatou leave the basket on the ground?

• She can't find it.

• She thinks someone else will pick it up

• The goats will eat it.

• She thinks it will crumble and mix into the ground

What did Isatou see that moved like a flag?

• a dress

• the basket

• A plastic bag

• four goats

Which were ways that the neighbors did NOT use the plastic bags?

• They used them to drink out of them.

• They used them to feed the goats.

• They used them as trash bags.

• They used them to carry their things

Why does she change her mind about the bags being beautiful?

• The bags keep flying away.

• The bags do not disappear and start top pile up.

• She doesn’t like the color of the bags.

• The bags would tear all the time.

What happens to her Grandmother’s goats?

• They eat the plastic and die.

• They eat too much grass and get fat.

• They run away and get lost.

• Grandmother sells. them

Where does Isatou get the idea on what to do with the bags?

• She sees it from a book.

• She learns it from watching TV

• She watches her sister crochet.

• She sees them at the market.

Why do the ladies crochet at night?

• They get out late from work.

• So that the other ladies do not mock them.

• They burn the bags at night.

• They only find bags at night.

How did the ladies help their village?

• They bought new goats for the village.

• They made food for the goats with the plastic bags

• They made it beautiful again, by making purses out of the plastic bags.

• They put the plastic bags in a big trash can and clean up the village