UNIT 3 Reviewer in Reading 1

What evidence in the text helped the Worrals believe that Mary Baker was Princess Caraboo?

• She wore fancy clothes and jewelry.

• She spoke a strange language and had an unusual story.

• She behaved like royalty and fenced skillfully.

• She presented documents proving her royal heritage.

Why did Princess Caraboo become famous throughout England?

• She was an actual princess from the island of Javasu.

• The Worrals shared her story with newspapers and influential people.

• She performed dramatic acts in public and entertained crowds.

• She escaped from pirates and was welcomed by the government.

What evidence eventually revealed Princess Caraboo’s true identity?

• She confessed her story to the Worrals directly.

• Mrs. Neale recognized her from a newspaper and revealed her past.

• Her shoemaker father came forward to claim her.

• The magistrate discovered that Javasu didn’t exist.

Why might Mary Baker have pretended to be Princess Caraboo?

• She wanted to entertain the magistrate’s family with her stories.

• She wanted to experience a luxurious lifestyle and gain assistance.

• She was testing the gullibility of the people in England.

• She hoped to escape from her work with Mrs. Neale.

What does this story suggest about the people who believed Princess Caraboo’s tale?

• They were eager to help someone in need without question.

• They didn’t have access to ways of verifying the story.

• They were fascinated by the idea of exotic royalty.

• They were easily deceived because they didn’t know geography.

What evidence from the text supports why many people believed the prank about spaghetti trees?

• People loved playing jokes on their friends.

• The video came from a trusted news source.

• Spaghetti was already very popular in the UK.

• Workers were seen picking spaghetti from trees in the video.

According to the text, why did some people remain skeptical about the prank?

• They had grown their own spaghetti plants.

• They made their own spaghetti and knew how it was made.

• They didn’t trust the Panorama broadcast.

• They read books about spaghetti trees before April Fools’ Day.

What can be inferred about the impact of the prank on society at the time?

• It led to the creation of actual spaghetti trees.

• It caused confusion and fascination among the public.

• It made spaghetti the most popular food in the UK.

• It discouraged people from trusting news broadcasts.

Why was the prank particularly effective at the time it was broadcast?

• The narrator, Richard Dimbleby, was known for being funny.

• The prank was shown on April Fools' Day.

• Spaghetti was a new and unfamiliar food for many people in the UK.

• Many people wanted to buy their own spaghetti plants.

What was the long-term legacy of the Great Spaghetti Prank, as described in the text?

• It led to the downfall of the news program Panorama.

• It inspired similar pranks in other countries.

• It made people skeptical of all news programs.

• It proved that most people couldn't distinguish real from fake news.