Vocabulary
What does the word loan mean?
money borrowed
What is profit?
the amount of money left after all the costs of running business have been paid
Where does the story take place?
A. in a small village in Ghana
C. in a large city in Burkina Fasoin
What is A.
a small village in Ghana
Which is the correct spelling?
A. hert
B. heart
C. hart
What is B. heart
Which is the correct spelling?
A. fere
B. fare
C. far
What is fare
What does the word afford mean?
to have enough money to buy something
What is savings?
money that is saved or set aside
What is Kojo's good idea at the beginning of the story?
A. to rent a cart
B. to buy a hen
What is B. to buy a hen
Which is the correct spelling?
A. scorn
B. scoorn
C. skorn
What is scorn
Which is the correct spelling?
A. flar
B. fler
C. flare
What is flare
What does the word wages mean?
Payments for work done
What is risk?
a chance of loss or harm
3Once Kojo has some savings, what longtime dream does he spend his money on?
A. a new cart
B. school expenses
What is B. school expenses
Which is the correct spelling?
A. furce
B. farce
C. Force
What is force
Which is the correct spelling?
A. thorn
B. thrn
C. thourn
What is thorn
What does prosper mean?
To be successful; to do very well
What is business?
A place where you can buy goods or services
How does Kojo convince the bank president in Accra to give him a loan?
A. He tells him how he has built his flock from one brown hen.
B. He signs a document promising to pay back the loan.
What is A. He tells him how he has built his flock from one brown hen.
Which is the correct spelling?
A. swear
B. sware
C. swar
What is swear
Which is the correct spelling?
A. cart
B. chart
C. kart
What is chart
What is scarce?
difficult to get or find
What is community?
A place where a group of people live
Which text evidence best tells the author's message? The next time the boy asks Kojo where an egg will go, Kojo will say, "To your future, my child."
A. As the years pass, Kojo's poultry farm becomes the largest in all of West Africa
B. It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true.
What is B. It all started with a good idea and a small loan that made it come true.
Which is the correct spelling?
A. hrsh
B. harsh
C. hursh
What is harsh
Which is the correct spelling?
A. sword
B. swrd
C. sawrd
What is sword