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