Multiple Choice
What vegetables did Maria Luz and her father plant and they didn’t grow?
a) Beans and Corn
b) Peas and Lettuce
c) Potatoes and Squash
a) Beans and Corn
Maria receives (blank) seeds from Don Pedro
Radish
What effect does food insecurity have on someone's health?
If people are not able to afford food, they can not afford nutritional food which can lead to obesity, heart diseases, etc.
Or acceptable answers (teachers discretion)
Tortillas, Beans, Corn, Cream …
What foods were eaten in the story (The Good Garden)?
Which one is not an issue for Maria Luz’s family?
a) The drought
b) The Coyote
c) The family is not working hard enough
d)The land isn’t fertile anymore
c) The family is not working hard enough
1.4 million children are affected by household (blank) in Canada
Food Insecurity
How does the Coyote make money off the poor farmers?
Lends the farmers bean/seeds
make the farmers buy back three times the beans he lent
Take their land if they can not meet their debt
Or acceptable answers
Feeding the soil with compost and creating terraces to collect water
How did Maria Luz’s family improve their farming practices?
What does Canada’s Food Guide suggest as should be the drink of choice?
a) Water
b) Coffee
c) Ice Tea
d) Coca Cola
a) Water
(Blank) monitors the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity through its population surveys.
Statistics Canada
What kind of food do we grow in Canada (list 5)?
Corn
Potatoes
Canola
Apples
Or acceptable answers
Gone for 6 months (in order to find work and make money)
How long was Maria’s father gone?
Why should individuals use nutrition labels on food (select all that apply)?
a) compare and choose products more easily
b) know what ingredients a food contains
c) choose products with a little or a lot of the nutrients that are of interest to you
d) provide information to make informed decisions on food
a) compare and choose products more easily
b) know what ingredients a food contains
c) choose products with a little or a lot of the nutrients that are of interest to you
d) provide information to make informed decisions on food
Fruits/vegetables should make up (blank) percent of healthy food eaten in a day
50
What happened at the market in the story?
Maria was able to sell her radishes and got three times the money Senor Lobo would have given her
Father was able to buy corn and bean seeds for less than what the coyote was selling them for
Or Acceptable Answers
Financial issues prevent individuals from eating proper nutritional food because they can not afford it
How do financial issues affect nutrition?
Which one is not a benefit of cooking rather than eating out?
a) rely less on highly processed foods
b) save money by avoiding extra money spent on meals eaten out
c) control the amount of sauces and seasonings
d) you can make the food extremely salty with lots of seasonings
d) you can make the food extremely salty with lots of seasonings
Eating meals with others (such as your family, friends, etc) is part of (blank) eating?
Healthy
How can schools help students gain the proper nutrition if their family has food insecurity?
Acceptable answers (teachers discretion)
Policies/laws/funds can improve incomes of low-income households
What can be done to reduce food insecurity in Canada?