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Cocoa Ice Comprehension
Contribució de: Goers
(Autor original: Moore)
  • 1. At the museum, we toured an old-fashioned _________ that was tied to the dock.
A) bargain
B) schooner
C) machete
D) trading
  • 2. The _________ship brought silk from China to sell in France.
A) trading
B) harvest
C) machete
D) pulp
  • 3. In the fall, we ___________ apples
A) support
B) harvest
C) schooner
D) trading
  • 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) bargain
B) pulp
C) harvest
D) trading
  • 6. Whenever there is a sale, mom tries to find the best ____________.
A) harvest
B) pulp
C) bargain
D) support
  • 7. The farmer staked the plants, as the tomatoes were heavy and the vines could not ______________ them
A) bargain
B) machete
C) support
D) trading
  • 8. What two locations are talked about in the story?
A) Santo Domingo and Maryland
B) Santo Domingo and Maine
C) Santa Maria and Maine
D) California and Maine
  • 9. What happens to the cocoa beans before they dry in the sun?
A) They are put between banana leaves with pulp.
B) They are covered with turtle grass.
C) They are put in a bowl of coconut milk.
D) They are split open with a machete.
  • 10. Why is it necessary to dry the cocoa beans in the sun?
A) The pulp is poisonous.
B) Fresh beans give you a toothache.
C) Drying cocoa beans takes out the bitterness.
D) Fresh beans smell bad.
  • 11. In this story, Mama steams conchs and picks out the meat. Conchs are a kind of _______.
A) pan
B) rock
C) bird
D) shellfish
  • 12. The island people trade for what they need by using all the following except_______.
A) bananas
B) ice
C) coconuts
D) cocoa beans
  • 13. Why is it important to be the first person to see a schooner come into the bay?
A) when the ship gets crowded with people, there is a lot of pushing and shoving.
B) The first people to reach a ship have a chance of trading for what they want.
C) Captains trade only with the first few people to arrive.
D) Captains get angry if many people want to trade.
  • 14. What must Jacob have traded to get the seashell on the mantel shelf?
A) ice
B) hay pictures of Maine
C) the balsam bag
D) hay
  • 15. Papa and Uncle Jacob worry when it snows on the river because _____.
A) then it is too cold to cut ice
B) then they can't walk on the river
C) horses can't walk on snow
D) snow keeps the river from freezing
  • 16. The first step in harvesting the ice is _______.
A) floating ice on the water.
B) cutting through the ice to 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) make it easier to load the ice
B) keep the ice from moving
C) keep the ice clean
D) keep the ice from melting
  • 18. How are the girl in Santo Domingo and the girl in Maine alike?
A) Both climb trees.
B) Both like chocolate.
C) Both swim in a river
D) Both drink coconut milk
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