Farmer Will Allen & The Growing Table

What is the passage mostly about?

• how readers can set up farms where they live

• why readers should plan a trip to a nearby farm

• why Will has traveled the world to talk about farming

• how Will has used farming to make sure people have good food

The passage says that Will imagined a table heaped with food. What does heaped mean?

• made

• grown

• filled up

• ready for

After buying land in the city why did Will start composting?

• to make the soil better for growing plants

• to help his friends get rid of their food waste

• to teach the neighborhood kids something new

• to keep his tractor and other machines working well

Why did Will grow food on shelves and in hanging baskets?

• because he was taller than anyone else

• to make better use of the small space he had

• because that is how he had learned to farm in Belgium

• to make the farm more like the one he grew up on in Maryland

With which statement would Will most likely agree?

• Anyone can learn to become a good farmer.

• The best farms can be found in the countryside.

• Being a farmer is easier than being a basketball player.

• There are already enough farms to grow fresh food for everyone.

How can the reader identify this selection as a biography?

• It is a story about a famous person writing about his own life experiences.

• It is a make believe story about a person's life.

• It is a story of a real person's life written by someone else than that person.

• It is a fantasy story with characters, setting, problem, solution.

What was so special about Will Allen?

• he was tall

• he laughs hard

• he plays basketball

• He can see what others can't see.

What does the word scarce on page 110 mean?

• to scatter things around

• very little of something; not enough

• too much of something

• can't buy it

What are greenhouses used for? p. 111

• to grow plants and protect them from the weather

• that's the farmers' favorite color

• so sunlight won't come in to burn the plants.

• keeps the sun out.

What does the word vats mean on page 114?

• flying animals

• boxes to hold vegetables

• a herd of goats

• large containers that hold water or other liquids