The Mouse and the Turnip

What did the old farmer plant?

What did the farmer sing as he planted the seed?

• Grow little turnip seed, grow big and sweet, Make lots of meat for my family to eat. Grow little turnip seed, grow.

• Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.

• Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.

• Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Who did the farmer call for help when he couldn't pull the turnip out?

How did the mouse help the farmer?

• By scaring away the cat

• By chewing through the thick root of the turnip

• By eating the crops for them

• By alerting the farmer to danger

What lesson did the farmer learn from the mouse?

• A mouse can do better than we can.

• A mouse is weaker than a farmer.

• A mouse cannot survive without help.

• The size of the mouse did not impact the help he gave.

What is the story mostly about?

• how a plant grows from a seed

• how a mouse finds good food to eat

• how a farmer spends time with his family

• how a family pulls a turnip out of the ground

Which word best describes how the farmer feels in paragraphs 1 and 2 of the story?

• hopeful

• worried

• thoughtful

• disappointed

Read the sentence from paragraph 2. Its leaves were green and healthy. Which is an antonym for healthy?

• strong

• sickly

• fresh

• lively

Which sentence belongs in the empty box?

• The farmer tried to pull up the turnip but couldn't.

• The little mouse overheard their problem and decided to help.

• The old farmer planted a turnip seed and sang to it every day.

• The mouse helped them pull out the turnip.

• Even with everyone pulling, the turnip wouldn’t budge.

Why does the author use dreamed instead of thought in the sentence above?

• to show that the family does not know what to do with the turnip

• to show that the family does not think they will get the turnip

• to show that the family thinks that the turnip is interesting

• to show that the family wants the turnip a lot