Praxis practice test

When the town of Millbrook turned an empty lot beside its middle school into a vegetable garden, organizers expected the food to be the main benefit. A year later, teachers reported something else. Students who worked in the garden after school were more likely to talk with classmates outside their usual group of friends, and several said the garden was the first place at school where they felt useful. The vegetables, it turned out, mattered less than the shared work of growing them. Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

1. AThe Millbrook garden produced less food than organizers had hoped.
2. BThe garden’s biggest benefit turned out to be social, not the food it grew.
3. CEvery middle school should turn its empty land into a garden.
4. DStudents learn science best through hands-on outdoor work.
5. ETeachers were surprised that students were willing to stay after school.

Sample of the test: same format, 20 questions.