A Black Man Talks of Reaping / Arna Bontemps

Test Practice

Identify Main Ideas

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about main ideas.

1. What does the speaker want?
a. He wants sweet fruit.
b. He wants to get the benefits of his work.
c. He wants to have a good harvest.
d. He wants his children to be farmers.


What is the correct answer to the question above? How did the information you gathered while reading help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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