The Magic Bon Bons

How does Claribel’s desire to perform on stage influence the plot?

• It helps her to understand that magic bon bons are expensive.

• It motivates her to practice the skills needed to perform.

• It encourages her to seek medical help.

• It prompts her to purchase the magic bon bons.

Read paragraph 7 from the text.

She went away, but stopping at a dry goods store to shop, she forgot the precious box in her new interest and left it lying on the counter.

What do Claribel’s actions in this paragraph reveal about her values?

• She is determined to get what she wants.

• She is skilled at bargaining.

• She is careless with her belongings.

• She is impatient with others.

What is the meaning of prodigy in paragraph 12?

• Genius

• Artist

• Child

• Teacher

Which sentence from the text supports the inference that Bessie Bostwick does not respect the property of others?

• Little Bessie Bostwick came to the counter to buy a hair ribbon.

• When she went away, she gathered up the box with her other bundles.

• Then she opened it and exclaimed: "Why, it's a box of candy!"

• “But it is too small a matter to worry about; there are only a few pieces.”

Read this sentence from the text.

Of course Claribel went again to the chemist and signed a check for another box of magic bon bons; but she must have taken better care of these, for she is now a famous actress.

How does the author use this sentence in the text?

• To demonstrate that Claribel is intelligent

• To prove that Claribel has learned a lesson

• To show that Claribel accomplishes her goal

• To indicate that Claribel is wealthy

Why does the author include the asterisks (***) after paragraph 24?

• To show the reader that the characters in the story are silent with disbelief because of their odd

  actions

• To bring the first part of the story to a close so that the reader can figure out who has the remaining

  bon bon

• To make the reader pause to consider the actions that have occurred previously

• To indicate the passage of time during which the reader can conclude the senator ate the bon bon

Bessie’s ability to play the piano after eating the chocolate bon bon —

• flashes back to Bessie taking the box of bon bons home

• foreshadows the actions of others who eat the bon bons

• shows that Bessie and Claribel share a similar dream

• indicates that the story will be about Bessie’s rise to fame

Which option best summarizes the text?

• Claribel Sudds purchases magic bon bons so she can acquire the skills needed to perform on the stage. However, she leaves them behind in a store. The bon bons end up in the hands—and mouths—of unsuspecting people who display the skills in hilarious ways.

• Claribel Sudds wants to perform on the stage, so she purchases magic bon bons. But Claribel does not eat her bon bons right away. Only after she sees other people affected by the magic does she decide to eat her own bon bons, which help her become famous.

• Claribel Sudds leaves her box of bon bons in a store and a girl named Bessie takes them home. Bessie eats a bon bon and plays the piano beautifully. Her parents also eat bon bons and sing and recite poetry, while a professor who ate a yellow bon bon kicks high.

• Claribel Sudds is a wealthy woman who wants to go on the stage and who purchases magic bon bons from a chemist. When they end up in the hands of a young girl named Bessie Bostwick, Claribel must purchase more. Eventually, she achieves the fame she desires.