Cocoa Ice Comprehension
  • 1. At the museum, we toured an old-fashioned _________ that was tied to the dock.
A) trading
B) schooner
C) bargain
D) machete
  • 2. The _________ship brought silk from China to sell in France.
A) machete
B) trading
C) harvest
D) pulp
  • 3. In the fall, we harvest apples. What does the word harvest most likely mean?
A) peel
B) eat
C) gather
D) chop
  • 4. Billy had to use a ___________ to cut the tall grass.
A) machete
B) schooner
C) support
D) bargain
  • 5. My Aunt says the best part of the orange is its ____________.
A) trading
B) bargain
C) harvest
D) pulp
  • 6. Whenever there is a sale, mom tries to find the best ____________.
A) support
B) bargain
C) pulp
D) harvest
  • 7. The farmer staked the plants, as the tomatoes were heavy and the vines could not ______________ them
A) machete
B) support
C) bargain
D) trading
  • 8. What two locations are talked about in the story?
A) Santo Domingo and Maryland
B) Santa Maria and Maine
C) California and Maine
D) Santo Domingo and Maine
  • 9. What happens to the cocoa beans before they dry in the sun?
A) They are covered with turtle grass.
B) They are put in a bowl of coconut milk.
C) They are put between banana leaves with pulp.
D) They are split open with a machete.
  • 10. Why is it necessary to dry the cocoa beans in the sun?
A) Drying cocoa beans takes out the bitterness.
B) The pulp is poisonous.
C) Fresh beans smell bad.
D) Fresh beans give you a toothache.
  • 11. In this story conchs are an "animal" you can eat. The writer wants to replace the word animal to make her meaning clearer. Which word would make her word choice better?
A) reptile
B) shellfish
C) mammal
D) bird
  • 12. The island people trade for what they need by using all the following except_______.
A) coconuts
B) ice
C) cocoa beans
D) bananas
  • 13. It is important to be the first person to see a schooner come into the bay. Choose a detail that best supports this conclusion.
A) Captains trade only with the first few people to arrive.
B) Captains get angry if many people want to trade.
C) when the ship gets crowded with people, there is a lot of pushing and shoving.
D) Other families have come and Papa must wait his turn to trade to trade with the captain.
  • 14. What must Jacob have traded to get the seashell on the mantel shelf?
A) the balsam bag
B) ice
C) hay
D) hay pictures of Maine
  • 15. Papa and Uncle Jacob worry when it snows on the river because _____.
A) then they can't walk on the river
B) then it is too cold to cut ice
C) snow keeps the river from freezing
D) horses can't walk on snow
  • 16. The first step in harvesting the ice is _______.
A) cutting through the ice to the water
B) floating ice on the water.
C) lifting blocks of ice
D) making grooves in the ice
  • 17. Sailors cover the ice on schooners with sawdust and hay to ______.
A) keep the ice from melting
B) make it easier to load the ice
C) keep the ice from moving
D) keep the ice clean
  • 18. How are the girl in Santo Domingo and the girl in Maine alike?
A) Both climb trees.
B) Both like chocolate.
C) Both drink coconut milk
D) Both swim in a river
  • 19. A student is writing a report on the state of Maine. Which source would most likely have information for the report?
A) All About the 50 States
B) All About Horse Manes
C) Fun Activities with ICE!
D) Main Streets in the USA
  • 20. What sentence best describes the lesson of the passage
A) People need to trade for things that they do not have the resources for in their area.
B) Chocolate is better than ice
C) The girls should be friends one day
D) Ice is better chocolate
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