Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

This story was a biography. That means:

• the story is from the future

• the story is mainly fiction

• it’s the real story of a person written by themselves

• it’s the real story of a person written by someone else

Why did the author probably describe Will’s hands as being able to hold a basketball?

• to describe how small he was

• to describe how large he was

• to describe how strong he was

• to describe how weak he was

What was Will’s favorite food as a boy?

• pizza

• chicken and dumplings

• red beans and rice

• lima beans with ham

Where did Will play professional basketball?

• Tokyo

• Paris

• Atlanta

• Belgium

Will noticed that fresh vegetables were scarce in the city. Scarce must mean:

• hard to find

• cheap

• expensive

• easy to find

Why did Will throw scraps on top of his lot of land?

• to keep other people away

• to help improve the soil

• to help people get rid of their trash

• to make the area smell better

Will added all of these to his farm except:

• fish

• chickens

• goats

• cows

Will taught teenagers, schoolchildren, parents, and grandparents to be:

• farmers

• ranchers

• teachers

• basketball players

If something is vertical, it does what?

• it moves slowly

• it moves quickly

• it stands tall

• it lays flat

Will dreams that one day city farms will be as common as:

• gas stations

• grocery stores

• STOP signs

• streetlights