Valentine's Day and Chocolate: A Love Story

Which sentence is NOT a fact from the passage.

• People have enjoyed chocolate for as long is 4000 years.

• Chocolate and Valentine's Day are the perfect match.

• Spanish explorers brought chocolate back to Spain in the 1500s.

• Many people today sheer chocolate would love ones on Valentine's Day.

Which of the following statements is an opinion?

• Chocolate was very important to the ancient civilizations like the Mayans and the Aztecs.

• People in Europe would write letters to each other to celebrate Valentine's Day.

• France and Great Britain thought that chocolate was a magical drink.

What is the author’s perspective in paragraph 5?

• People should receive chocolates on Valentine's Day.

• Chocolate is not a common treat on Valentine's Day.

• People should not receive chocolates on Valentine's Day.

What is the author’s purpose for writing this selection?

• to entertain you with a love story

• to describe why we celebrate Valentine's Day

• to inform you about how chocolate became a common treat on Valentine's Day.

• To persuade you to give someone chocolate for Valentine's Day

What does the author want the reader to understand about this

passage?

• Why we don't need to give gifts on Valentine's Day

• Why people now share chocolate with their love ones on Valentine's Day

• Why people celebrate Valentine's Day

What is the author’s attitude about chocolate being given a Valentine's Day?

• He thinks it's a bad choice

• He thinks it's a perfect match

This passage is most likely written from the point of view of...

• a child

• an adult

What is the author’s perspective about chocolate?

• We should never share it.

• We should only share it on special occasions.

• It is a treat that could be shared on Valentine's Day and any other day.