Every Tuesday night (even after her daughter had a rather difficult and very complicated day), Penelope’s mother went to Zumba class, so dinner was make-your-own. Penelope looked through the shopping bags on the kitchen counter. She was pretty sure microwave macaroni and cheese wouldn’t fulfill the requirements of the food pyramid. But she was almost certain that Harry(who was upstairs on his computer) wouldn’t eat them. Penelope was putting the groceries away and thinking about her very complicated day when she felt something oblong and hard underneath the last brown paper shopping bag. Then she gasped, because what was under the bas was entirely the sort of thing to inspire a gasp. It was a proper gasp too, where her mouth opened into an O and then she clapped her hand over it.
Comprehension Questions
1. Why was dinner make-your-own
A. Because Penelope's mom hates cooking
B. Because Penelopes mom wants her kids to learn how to cook
C. Because Penelope's mom has Zumba class
A. Because microwave macaroni and cheese does not fulfil the food pyramid requirements.
B. Because she likes carrots
C. Because she knows her brother hates carrots
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Vocabulary
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