Garden of Happiness

What is the first problem that Marisol has in the garden?

• her plant does not grow

• she does not know what to plant

• she cannot find a plot in the garden

What is a mural?

• a part of a garden

• a kind of vegetable

• a painting on a wall

What kind of plant does Marisol grow?

• a sunflower

• a beanstalk

• a tomato plant

Which sentence is true of the garden?

• everyone plants what they like

• everyone plants pretty flowers

• everyone votes on what to plant

How does Marisol feel at the end of the story?

• sad, because her flowers have all died

• happy, because there is a large painting of flowers

• confused, because the garden looks different than before

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She leaned down and inhaled the smell of flowers.

• blew out

• breathed in

• turned from

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There were ten plots of land in the small neighborhood garden.

• areas

• hills

• puddles

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She saw a mural on the wall of the building.

• animal

• painting

• rag

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The dark blue fabric of the jeans faded over time.

• got dirty

• lost color

• ripped apart

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The tree branches drooped to the ground after the storm.

• broke off

• grew straight

• hung down