Jack was a pumpkin farmer. He lived in a big house on the edge of a town and grew the largest Pumpkin farm around the town. Jack's pumpkins were famous , for they always had the perfect shape and never rotted ( ) until well after Halloween . Every year around Halloween , people came from all over the town to buy his pumpkins to make their jack-o-lanterns ( ) One year, Jack was thinking about his pumpkin harvest ( ) of the year when his good friend Pete came to visit him. I have some bad news , Jack ," Pete said. "What is it ? " Jack asked . a little worried. The town decided not to have Halloween this year! They said there was simply no reason for it and they didn't have time to celebrate it because many other holidays were coming up soon . Peter told him. He knew this was very bad news for jack. Jack became very sad and lowered ( ) his head . "What can I do now , Peter?" I have all these beautiful pumpkins and I can't keep them until next Halloween ." Peter replied, " Well , there are always pumpkin pies and pumpkin bread for other holidays." Jack was worried and said, "I sell most of my pumpkins for the Halloween . I can only sell a few pumpkins during the rest of the year. And Pete, it's not so much about the money . I live a simple life out here in the country and I don't need much money . But I feel happy every year when thousands of people get my pumpkins and take them and make them into beautiful jack-o-lanterns. Now all these pumpkins will be useless because people won't make jack-o-lanterns this year. oh, this is very bad news ." Jack began to weep . large tears ran down his face. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Why was Jack feeling bad?
2. What was the reason for Jack's sadness?
3. What had made things rough on Jack?
Q2:
1. What did Jack do to express his sadness?
2. How did Jack express that he was sad?
3. How did Jack show that he was feeling down?
Q3:
1. What did Jack do?
2. What was Jack's profession?
3. How was Jack employed?
Q4:
1. Did Jack live in a small house?
2. Was Jack's house tiny?
3. Did Jack live in a house that was not very big?
Q5:
1. Who could Jack call a friend?
2. What was the name of Jack's friend?
3. Who was Jack friendly with?
Q6:
1. Did Jack have special pumpkins?
2. Was there something special about Jack's pumpkins?
3. Did Jack's pumpkins have any special qualities?
Q7:
1. What made Jack's pumpkins special?
2. What was so special about Jack's pumpkins?
3. What unique quality did Jack's pumpkins possess?
Q8:
1. Did Jack have a lot of expenses?
2. Did Jack tend to spend a lot of money?
3. Was Jack a big spender?
Q9:
1. What made the town decide not to celebrate Halloween?
2. What was the town's reason for cancelling Halloween?
3. How come the town chose not to do Halloween?
Q10:
1. What made the town decide not to celebrate Halloween, besides not having a reason?
2. What was the town's reason for cancelling Halloween other than not seeing a reason for it?
3. How come the town chose not to do Halloween besides there being less of a reason to?
Q11:
1. Is Jack able to make up for his lost sales of pumpkins?
2. Can Jack compensate for the pumpkin sales that he has lost?
3. Does Jack have the ability to make up for the purchases of pumpkins that he will lose out on?
Q12:
1. Does Jack grow a large quantity of pumpkins?
2. Does a large quantity of pumpkins grow on Jack's farm?
3. Is Jack's pumpkin harvest quite sizeable?
