Candy Corn (Informational Text)

About how many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?

• 350 million pounds

• 35 thousand pounds

• 35 million pounds

• 9 million pounds

Who do most historians say invented candy corn?

• George Renninger

• George Goelitz

• Henry Renninger

• Henry Goelitz

What was the original name of the company that first mass-produced candy corn?

• Jelly Belly

• Candy Corn Company

• Goelitz Cofectionary Company

• Farmers and their Friends

What was the first name given to candy corn?

• Rooster trash

• Chicken feed

• Candy corn

• corn for farmers

How was candy corn first packaged?

• in boxes with a chicken

• in a cornmeal

• with a rooster on front

• colorful rainbow

What was the first slogan used for candy corn?

• Eat me.. I have three colors!

• I taste like chicken!

• Farmers adore me!

• Something worth crowing about

What other types of farm-themed candies were produced by the same company as candy corn?

• potatoes and tomatoes

• pumpkins and squash

• turnips and pumpkins

• turnips and potatoes

What does the word "poll"mean?

• survey

• something to climb

• candy corn

• something to jump

Based on context clues, what does the word "rural" mean?

• city

• a painting

• country

• area with tall buildings

What does " a little cloudy" mean in the passage?

• lots of clouds outside

• foggy

• not sure

• for sure!