Chatting with Junk Food Jessie/Berry Delicious Parfait

1) According to Jessica Sendero, how can kids shock their parents?

• A) By packing chips, candy, and soda in their lunch

• B) By becoming nurses

• C) By asking for healthy snacks

• D) By making parfaits

2) When did Jessica Sendero publish Junk Food Jessie Makes Lunch?

• F) February 25

• G) Recently

• H) When she was a kid

• J) When other kids started calling her Junk Food Jessie

3) The section titled Junk Food Jessie’s Ideas for a Perfect Lunch Box supports which idea from the text?

• A) Positive things can come from bad situations.

• B) Healthy food can be easy, tasty, and fun.

• C) Kids love junk food.

• D) Jessica Sendero ate junk food as a child.

4) Which sentence from the selection represents a fact?

• F) Well, this is kind of embarrassing.

• G) Yes, they can be brutal.

• H) My parents were busy working so I packed my own lunch.

• J) “Parfait’s gotta be the most delicious thing on the whole planet!”

5) The purpose of the article “Chatting with Junk Food Jessie” is to -

• A) entertain readers with a story about a girl who was teased a lot

• B) persuade readers to buy Junk Food Jessie Makes Lunch

• C) inform readers about a new book and its author

• D) explain how to make healthy lunches

6) Why did kids call Jessica Sendero Junk Food Jessie?

• F) Her parents were very busy and did not pack her lunch.

• G) She became overweight from eating too much candy, chips, and cookies at lunch.

• H) She couldn’t play tag.

• J) She thinks it is okay to have a treat sometimes.

7) What is something that could be found in both the interview “Chatting with Junk Food Jessie” and Jessica Sendero’s book, Junk Food Jessie Makes Lunch?

• A) Ideas for a healthy lunch

• B) Michael Liu’s questions

• C) Recipes for healthy dinners

• D) Jessica Sendero’s autobiography

8) Why did Jessica Sendero write her book?

• F) She was teased a lot when she was a kid.

• G) She wanted to become a nurse and learned how to eat healthy food.

• H) She wanted to teach kids to ask for treats sometimes.

• J) She wanted kids to see that it is easy to eat food that is healthy and tasty.

9) What is the most likely reason that Junk Food Jessie’s Ideas for a Perfect Lunch Box was included in the article?

• A) To provide kids with a list of delicious recipes

• B) To persuade kids to pack their own lunches

• C) To show that there are many lunch box items that are both tasty and healthy

• D) To get more people to buy Jessie Sendero’s book

10) The main idea of paragraph 1 is -

• F) Jessica Sendero uses her nickname in her new book, which she will discuss with Michael Liu.

• G) Jessica Sendero does not mind being called Junk Food Jessie now that she is an adult.

• H) Jessica Sendero used to be called Junk Food Jessie, and she does not like her nickname.

• J) Michael Liu is a kid reporter who writes for KIDNews Now.