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     I liked doing chores when I was young. My mother started teaching us to cook when we were five

or six. There was a reason for that. My father was at home for only two days a month, so my mother

had to do everything. She had to grow crops, feed the dog and the chickens and cook for us. When we

were five or six years old, we all started to help our mother do the housework. My eldest sister Lora

helped our mother reap crops on the farm, my second eldest sister Daisy did the laundry, and I cooked

for the family. When my sister finished their work, they both came to the kitchen to help me. I can

still remember the tears in my mother's eyes when she saw the first dishes we cooked. When I was

seven I went to school, but I still came home every day and cooked for the family. I also liked to bring

the food I cooked and share with my classmates.

1. How many sisters does the writer have?

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2. Where did the writer's family live?

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3. Who helped do the laundry?

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4. The underlined word "tears" in the passage means _______.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

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