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The Garden of Happiness
100

She leaned down and inhaled the smell of the flowers. blew out

 breathed in 

turned from

Breathed in

100

careful

 ful 

eful 

reful

ful

100

tiny organisms that can cause illness

germs

100

enclosures for keeping animals

cages

100

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.

She cannot find a plot in the garden

200

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

 areas 

hills 

puddles

areas

200

quietly

 ly 

tly 

etly

ly

200

a place where people exercise or play sports

gym

200

a traveling show with acrobats and clowns

circus

200

What is a mural? 

a part of a garden 

a kind of vegetable 

a painting on a wall

a painting on a wall

300

She saw a mural on the wall of the building. 

animal 

painting

 rag

painting

300

visitor 

or

 tor

 itor

tor

300

to stop something from happening

cancel

300

a statement expressing regret for wrongdoing

apology

300

What kind of plant does Marisol grow? 

a sunflower

 a beanstalk

 a tomato plant

a sunflower

400

The dark blue fabric of the jeans faded over time. 

got dirty

 lost color 

ripped apart

lost color

400

leader 

er 

der 

ader

er

400

a repeating sequence of events

cycle

400

waste material or trash

garbage

400

Which sentence is true of the garden? 

Everyone plants what they like.

 Everyone plants pretty flowers.

 Everyone votes on what to plant.

Everyone plants what they like.

500

The tree branches drooped to the ground after the storm. 

broke off 

grew straight 

hung down

hung down

500

senseless 

ss 

ess

 less

 less

500

a round shape with no corners

circle 

500

a single number from 0 to 9

digit

500

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

happy, because there is a large painting of flowers. 

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