Saucy by Nature

What is Saucy by Nature?

• a party in 2001 where Monika Luczak met Przemek Adolf

• an organization that connects small food businesses and helps them grow

• a business that makes sauces for meat, vegetables, and sandwiches

• a farmers' market in New York City that sells cases of cilantro

What is the sequence of events in this passage?

• Monika Luczak cofounds Saucy by Nature, works as a lawyer, and cofounds Fare Trade NYC.

• Monika Luczak cofounds Fare Trade NYC, cofounds Saucy by Nature, and works as a lawyer.

• Monika Luczak works as a lawyer, cofounds Fare Trade NYC, and cofounds Saucy by Nature.

• Monika Luczak works as a lawyer, cofounds Saucy by Nature, and cofounds Fare Trade NYC.

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Monika likes working with food more than she liked working as a lawyer.

What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• "Monika works even more hours now than she did as a lawyer. But she's still happy she made a change in her career path."

• "In 2011, Przemek was living in London but moved back to New York City to start a business with Monika. The business they started, Saucy by Nature, made organic and tasty sauces to go on meats, vegetables and sandwiches."

• "At a party in 2001, she had met Przemek Adolf, a kindred spirit who also loved food and travel. Both Monika and Przemek are Polish-American and had just finished college."

• "At a Fare Trade NYC meeting, Monika helped explain to a young woman starting a soup business the difficulty of working with seasonal ingredients and worked with her to create a plan for finding the right ingredients for her soups."

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How might Monika describe her work with food?

• stressful and unsafe

• impossible and discouraging

• challenging but enjoyable

• easy but boring

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What is this passage mostly about?

• Monika Luczak's passions and work

• Przemek Adolf's time in London

• what a day in the life of a lawyer is like

• the different sauces that Saucy by Nature sells

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Read the following sentences:

"Monika knew what her two real passions were: food and traveling. She was happiest when she could combine them, tasting new flavors in exotic locations."

What does the word passions mean?

• scary adventures

• strong interests

• big mistakes

• funny stories

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.

Monika used to work as a lawyer; ______, she sells sauces.

• currently

• before

• as an illustration

• such as

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