How Do You Raise a Raisin?

What causes grapes to become raisins?

• They are grown on vines.

• They are dried in the sun.

• They are wrinkled over time.

• They are pressed by machines.

Why are grapevine branches most liekly tied to wires?

• to help the grapevines grow quickly

• to help the grapevines connect to each other

• to help the grapevines grow in the right direction

• to help the grapevines get as much water as possible

The passage says that grape-pickers take grape clusters from the vines. What does the word clusters mean?

• rows

• seeds

• leaves

• bunches

How are the poems connected to the rest of the passage?

• The poems ask questions about raisins, and then the author answers them.

• The poems tell facts about raisins, and then the author explains her opinions.

• The poems explain the history of raisins, and then the author tells about them today.

• The poems tell how raisins are like grapes, and then the author shows how they are different.

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Raisins are used in different ways.

• Raisins are grown all over the world.

• It takes many grapes to make raisins.

• There are many steps in making raisins.

a long, thin stem of a plant that grows along the ground or up and around something

• burly

• vine

• shrivel

• rotation

someone who is big and strong

• burly

• vine

• shrivel

• rotation

when something dries out and get smaller and wrinkled

• burly

• vine

• shrivel

• rotation