All About Chocolate Level U Comprehension

The process for making chocolate _______ .

• can be done in your kitchen

• can be mastered quickly

• is done only one way

• has many steps

Before the discovery of America by the Europeans, who ate chocolate?

• Aztecs

• French

• Spanish

• all of the above

What are ingredients?

• packages of cocoa

• different food items that go into a recipe

• blooms on a cacao plant

• shells from roasted beans

During conching, cocoa butter and cocoa powder are mixed with _____ until smooth.

• milk

• sugar

• vanilla

• all of the above

In the process of making chocolate, what is the step after the pods are picked?

• The beans are put into piles or boxes.

• The beans are allowed to ferment.

• The pod is cut open with a machete.

• The pods are put out to dry in the sun.

What is a synonym of consume?

• to grow

• to eat

• to enjoy

• to import

Which of the following is the best summary statement for this book?

• Making chocolate is a complicated and time-

  consuming process that has changed over the past two thousand years.

• Chocolate was first used by people in Central and

  South America and was

  not introduced to Europeans until 1500.

• Chocolate has become a favorite treat of many

  people the world over but began as a bitter drink.

• There are many beans in every cacao pod that

  look unlike anything related to chocolate.

What are plantations?

• large green leaves on the cacao plant

• people who pick and process cacao

• large farms that grow various crops

• what the Aztecs called their cocoa drink

What key ingredient changed attitudes about chocolate in Europe?

• milk

• sugar

• vanilla

• cocoa butter

What conditions does a cacao tree need to grow well?

• hot and wet

• full sunlight when mature

• protection from wind and sun when young

• all of the above