The Toothpaste Millionaire review

What did Rufus make for Kate

• a backpack on wheels

• shelves for her school locker

• some furniture for her doll house

• saddlebags for her bike

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Rufus said his grandma brushed her teeth with...

• eucalyptus oil

• bicarbonate of soda

• a flour-and-cornstarch paste

• salt water

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How was Rufus able to get free advertising?

• A reporter heard about his toothpaste and wrote a story

• He was invited to appear on a TV show.

• Mr. Conti spoke at an advertising convention.

• He painted an ad on the side of an old building

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At first Rufus couldn't pay his workers, so he---

• paid them in toothpaste

• wrote an I.O.U. for each of them

• gave them stock in the company

• helped them construct bike saddlebags

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When Kate bought the tubes at the auction, she thought that ---

• the auctioneer would deliver the tubes to the factory

• a gross was one dozen

• the tubes came with caps

• she was bidding five cents, not dollars

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What happened when Kate went to look at the Happy Lips Lotion Company?

• She met Hector

• She lost her saddlebags

• She met the president of DAZZLE

• She talked to a reporter from CONSUMER"S FRIEND

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Part of Rufus's plan was that Hector would______________.

• think of new flavors for the toothpaste

• design the boxes

• deliver the jars of toothpaste

• borrow money from the bank

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What did Kate like "more than any other part of the business"?

• singing the TOOTHPASTE jingle on the radio

• designing the TOOTHPASTE boxes

• making the commercials for TOOTHPASTE

• drawing the TOOTHPASTE logo

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Why did the FBI come for Rufus's toothpaste company?

• to look at Rufus's account books

• to decide if Rufus had a TOOTHPASTE monopoly

• to see if Rufus was paying the proper taxes

• to see if Rufus was breaking child labor laws

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Why did Rufus retire?

• He had made enough money to buy his grandma a new house.

• BRITE hired him to do research and develop new products.

• He was doing the same thing over and over again.

• His family complained that they new saw him.

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