Fruit Salad Trees

Read this dictionary entry for the word bears. Which definition most closely fits the way the word bears is used in paragraph 3?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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Which word is a synonym for the word normal in paragraph 5?

• ordinary

• special

• boring

• unique

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The word ripen in paragraph 5 means –

• to rot

• to become soft

• to change color

• to become ready to eat

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

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What is the selection mainly about?

• how to care for fruit salad trees

• when different fruits ripen

• what makes fruit salad trees special

• who grows fruit salad trees

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

The reader can conclude that oranges and peaches –

• grow well together

• are both citrus fruits

• only grow with lemons

• cannot grow on the same tree

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

Which sentence best explains why limes and plums cannot grow together?

• Each branch bears the same type of fruit as the tree it came from.

• Only fruits from the same family can grow on the same kind of tree.

• First, the grower starts with a normal fruit tree.

• Some fruit salad trees can grow up to eight different types of fruit at the same time!

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What can the reader conclude about all stone fruits?

• They are sour.

• They have pits.

• They have thick peels.

• They are difficult to grow.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RL.3.2

According to the text, the problem with finding a fruit salad tree is that –

• fruit salad trees only grow in warm places

• fruit salad trees are difficult to grow

• fruit salad trees are only grown indoors

• fruit salad trees do not grow in the wild

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Look at the diagram below. Which sentence best completes the diagram?

• The tree grows faster.

• The tree lives longer.

• The fruits ripen faster.

• The different fruits grow equally.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

What causes a fruit salad tree to grow?

• A seed falls from an older fruit salad tree.

• A grower grafts two or more fruit trees together.

• Seeds from two or more fruit trees land in the same spot.

• A grower plants up to eight different fruits.