Quiz on Is It Fair and Good Harvest

What point of view is "Good Harvest" written in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

This question has two parts. Part A: What is the author’s purpose in “Is It Fair to Eat Chocolate? (R.2.3)

• To inform readers about conditions faced by child laborers who harvest chocolate in West Africa

• To persuade readers to buy Fair Trade chocolate so that they can help end child labor

• To describe the process by which chocolate today is produced and sold

• To narrate the experiences of children who are forced to pick cocoa beans that will be sold to big chocolate companies

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which statement about the structure of “Is It Fair to Eat Chocolate?” supports your answer in Part 1? (R.2.3)

• The article begins with a question to the reader.

• Paragraph 2 tells the story of a child who is forced to work as a child laborer.

• Paragraph 6 explains what it means for chocolate to be Fair Trade Certified.

• The article ends by telling readers three things they can do to help end child labor.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the following excerpt from “Good Harvest” by Karen E. Lange: By purchasing shade-grown coffee and organic chocolate products, consumers can help protect birds and other wildlife. HSI (Humane Society International) and The HSUS (Humane Society of the United States) are doing their part as well by supporting farmers who practice wildlife-sustaining methods. What technique has the author used to appeal to the reader? (R.3.4)

• appeal to fallacies

• appeal to logic (logos)

• appeal to emotions (pathos)

• appeal to the credibility (ethos)

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Read this sentence from paragraph 7 of "Is it Fair To Eat Chocolate?"

Before 1999, the government in the Ivory Coast set a minimum price for cocoa, but then the cocoa industry was privatized and the minimum price disappeared.

What does the author mean by minimum?

• the price needs to be a certain amount or higher

• the price needs to be a certain amount or lower

• the price needs to be set so it never changes

• the price needs to fluctuate or change to ensure farmers get a profit

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

This question has two parts. Part A: Which statement best articulates the central idea of “Is It Fair To Eat Chocolate?”

• Farmers are not paid enough

• Chocolate companies make too much money

• Takes too many cocoa beans to make chocolate

• Children are working in unsafe conditions to harvest cocoa

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Select two details from the text that support the central idea in Part A. (R.2.2)

• Farmers must have control over their cocoa bean prices.

• about 300,000 children are forced to pick cocoa beans that will be sold to big chocolate companies like Nestle and Cargill.

• Also, families who own the cocoa bean farms are very poor.

• About 400 beans are needed to make one pound of chocolate.

• Child labor is becoming of increasing concern to people who buy chocolate.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

For what 3 purposes do authors write?

• enterain, inform, engage

• entertain, inform, contain

• inform, persuade, entertain

• inform, depict, retain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9