Spilling the Beans about Chocolate & Vanilla

2. According to the first paragraph, what do both Chocolate and Vanilla have in common?

• They both have added sugar for sweetness.
• They both have a craveable richness.
• They both have simple sweetness.
• They both started out as beans.

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3. Why did the author write this text?

• to persuade the reader to choose a favorite flavor
• to inform readers about the history of these two flavors
• to explain how to make chocolate and vanilla flavorings
• to entertain the reader with a story about harvesting vanilla beans

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4. Determine the meaning of the word harvest in the text.

• use crops
• selling crops
• planting crops
• collecting crops

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1. What is the main idea of the 2nd paragraph?

• how cocoa beans grow
• Cocoa Beans are actually seeds.
• Each cocoa pod has 30-40 seeds inside.
• Cocoa pods grow from the trunk of the tree.

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2. Which of the following details does not support the main idea of the 2nd paragraph?

• Cocoa pods grow from the trunk of the tree.
• Each cocoa pod has 30-40 seeds inside.
• Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
• Cocoa beans are actually seeds.

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3. Based on the text, how are vanilla beans and cocoa beans different?

• Cocoa beans were originally thought to be a sacred gift.
• Vanilla beans were not originally used as flavoring.
• Vanilla beans grow on trees instead of vines.
• Cocoa is a naturally sweet flavoring.

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4. How is today’s chocolate different from the past?

• Today's chocolate is sweetened with sugar.
• Today's chocolate is made into a bitter beverage.
• Today's chocolate is grown to be naturally sweet.
• Today's chocolate is made from the seeds of cocoa pods.

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1. Even though Chocolate was bitter in taste, why did people still drink it?

• People would mix vanilla beans into it for flavor.
• People believed it would bring them great riches.
• People would add sugar to the bitter bean in a drink.
• People believed Cocoa brought long life, wisdom, and power.

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2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Totonacs used vanilla?

• They used it as medicine.
• They used it in religious rituals.
• They used it to flavor their drinks.
• They used it to perfume their home

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3. How did the Aztecs use vanilla? How was this different from the Totonacs?

• The Aztecs used vanilla as a medicine which the Totonacs never did.
• The Aztecs used vanilla as a flavoring which the Totonacs never did.
• The Aztecs used vanilla as a perfume which the Totonacs never did.
• The Aztecs used vanilla as a currency which the Totonacs never did.

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