Patriotic Pizza

1. Why was pizza the perfect solution for the working-class people of Naples?

• Pizza was a cheap food that could be eaten quickly.

• Most people had flour, water, oil, and spices.

• Pizza was made by local vendors.

• People could eat the food on top of the bread, then they would eat the bread “plate”.

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How did Esposito make his pizza extra special?

• He could stroll outside while eating it.

• He used ingredients the colors of the Italian flag.

• He never told anyone his secret recipe.

• He used water from Naples, Italy.

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What is the best reason why Esposito named his creation Pizza Margherita?

• His mother, Margherita, loved it so much, he named it after her.

• Queen Margherita love it and he wanted to honor the queen.

• He wanted Americans to know Pizza was originally made in Italy.

• He needed a title for the top of his recipe to take to America.

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What question does the whole passage best answer?

• How did Germans eat pizza?

• Why is there cheese on pizza?

• How did pizza arrive in America?

• Does everyone like pizza?

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Why did early pizzerias not have chairs?

• Because chairs were expensive and pizzerias could not afford them.

• Because people did not have time to sit and eat their lunch.

• Because pizzerias were small and didn’t have room for chairs.

• Because pizza could be eaten without plates and forks.

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