Dawn of the Doughnut

What is the main idea of the book?

• The doughnut has become a staple of breakfast and snack food around the world.

• Doughnuts are highly profitable since the basic doughnut is made with inexpensive ingredients.

• It's safe to assume that Americans will be eating doughnuts far into the future.

• Pastries are often eaten during religious holidays, festivals, and carnivals around the world.

How did the author organize the book?

• compare and contrast

• Order of importance

• Chronological order

• problem and solution

What was the effect of Levitt's Wonderful Almost Human Automatic Doughnut Machine?

• It frightened the public away from eating doughnuts.

• It helped Levitt serve doughnuts during the war.

• It slowed down the doughnut making process.

• It increased the public's fascination and their love of doughnuts.

Why did soldiers returning to America represent a business opportunity for LEvitt?

• He knew he could hire them to work in his chain Mayflower Doughnuts.

• The soldiers had to work with Levitt to help him build his first doughnut shop.

• He needed their expertise in creating his new doughnut machine.

• The soldiers wanted doughnuts, and Levitt could start a specialty shop and serve them.

Which of the following prefix in-words means not costing much money?

• inactive

• inexpensive

• inhuman

• incapable

Why did the author write this book?

• to entertain readers with a doughnut adventure story

• to persuade readers to eat doughnuts

• to inform readers about the history of the doughnut

• to persuade readers not to eat doughnuts

What caused the popularity of the doughnut to decline in recent years?

• Doughnuts were highly profitable because they were made with such cheap ingredients.

• During WWII soldiers started eating waffles instead of doughnuts starting a new trend.

• Doughnuts were not considered healthy because of the large amounts of fat and sugar.

• Creating doughnuts became too expensive, so fewer businesses were selling them.

Which of the following events happened before the Doughnut Girls introduced doughnuts to the soldiers?

• The US entered WWI in 1917

• WWII ended in 1945 and doughnuts were very popular.

• WWI ended in 1918 and the soldiers returned home.

• The United States entered WWII in 1941.

Read the following sentence:

The original doughnut was mainly based on a recipe from the Netherlands.

What is the meaning of the word recipe in the sentence?

• a common ood that is an important part of a diet

• a set of instructions for building a house

• a person who comes to live in a new country

• a set of instructions for making a food

Which of the following details is an opinion found in the book?

• Soldiers called called the women Doughnut Dollies.

• No doubt the humble doughnut is here to stay.

• The history of the modern doughnut begins in Maine.

• Bakers use doughnut machines to create more doughnuts faster.