1.What kind of news did the article say there was for banana lovers?
a) breaking
b) fruity
c) bad
d) old
2.What is the name of the banana that is going extinct?
a) Cavendish
b) Gros Michel
c) Minions
d) Chiquita
3.What is it that the disease is stopping the banana plant from getting?
a) water
b) skin
c) oxygen
d) fruit
4.Where was TP4 first discovered?
a) Panama
b) Malaysia
c) Africa
d) Australia
5.How much TP4 can spread across large areas very quickly?
a) around 100kg
b) just one
c) about 2kg
d) a tiny amount
6.When was the Gros Michel the world's main banana?
a) in the 16th century
b) 50 years ago
c) 1980
d) last month
7.When did the Gros Michel become extinct?
a) 1965
b) 1955
c) 1945
d) 1975
8.Why is burning all banana plants not an effective solution?
a) banana plants do not burn
b) burning will spread the disease
c) the disease stays in the soil
d) a new disease will come
9.What cannot be grown because of the fungus?
a) GM bananas
b) fungus
c) pineapples
d) new plants
10.What do scientists say could be a solution?
a) GM bananas
b) grow bananas indoors
c) water the bananas more
d) do more research on the fungus