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That orange gourd is a pumpkin, a kind of squash that grows on a long, curling vine. Pumpkins have thick shells, stringy insides, and flat seeds you can roast and eat. Did you know pumpkins are actually a fruit, not a vegetable, because they grow from a flower and hold seeds?  \nThose seeds are exactly what people first cared about long before anyone  \ndreamed of pie. Pumpkins were among the earliest plants grown by people in the Americas, farmed in Mexico for thousands of years. Native American farmers grew them alongside corn and beans ina clever team called the Three Sisters. The corn gave beans a pole to climb, the beans fed the soil, and the wide pumpkin leaves shaded the ground and kept away weeds.  \nWorking as a team meant nothing was wasted, and neither was the pumpkin itself. Native Americans ate pumpkin roasted over fire and dried thin strips of it so it would last through the cold winter months. They even wove dried strips into mats, turning food into something useful. Can you imagine eating pumpkin nearly every day and still finding new ways to use it?  \nEuropeans arriving in the Americas had never seen anything like it, so they had a lot to learn. Settlers were taught by Native Americans how to grow and cook the strange orange fruit, and they soon carried its seeds back across the ocean. One early recipe hollowed out a whole pumpkin, filled it with milk and spices, and baked it in hot ashes. That bubbling, spiced pumpkin was a distant cousin of the pumpkin pie we know today.  \nFrom that ashy first try, the pumpkin became a star of American autumn. Today people carve them into grinning lanterns, bake them into pies, and stack them on porches when the leaves turn orange. Farmers now grow giant pumpkins for contests, and the heaviest ones can weigh more than a small car. Not bad for a humble gourd that started as a handful of seeds in a Mexican field long, long ago!  \nThe History of Pumpkins  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) Why does the author say a pumpkin is a fruit rather than a vegetable?\u003Cbr>A. Because its seeds can be roasted and eaten\u003Cbr>B. Because it has a thick shell and stringy insides\u003Cbr>C. Because it grows from a flower and holds seeds\u003Cbr>D. Because it grows on a long, curling vine |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What happened after settlers learned about the pumpkin in the Americas?\u003Cbr>A. They carried its seeds back across the ocean\u003Cbr>B. They named the plant the Three Sisters\u003Cbr>C. They stopped growing corn and beans\u003Cbr>D. They began roasting the seeds over fire |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) In the Three Sisters, what job did the pumpkin's wide leaves do?\u003Cbr>A. They kept the corn from falling over\u003Cbr>B. They gave the beans a pole to climb\u003Cbr>C. They shaded the ground and kept away weeds\u003Cbr>D. They fed the soil so plants grew |  |  |  |  | 7.  \u003Cbr>8.  \u003Cbr>9.  \u003Cbr>10. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4) What detail shows that Native Americans wasted no part of the pumpkin?\u003Cbr>A. They stacked pumpkins on their porches\u003Cbr>B. They wove dried strips into useful mats\u003Cbr>C. They carved the shells into grinning lanterns\u003Cbr>D. They baked them into spiced pumpkin pie |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) According to the passage, how did European settlers first learn to grow and cook pumpkins?\u003Cbr>A. They discovered the plants growing wild in the forest\u003Cbr>B. They brought seeds and recipes from across the ocean\u003Cbr>C. They copied ideas from an old written cookbook\u003Cbr>D. Native Americans taught them how to grow and cook the fruit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 6) What was the main reason Native Americans dried thin strips of pumpkin?\u003Cbr>A. So the seeds could be planted again\u003Cbr>B. 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