Hot Chocolate Quiz

What is the meaning of the word Dutching?

• To separate cocoa powder from the thick paste

• A Dutch man

• A way to

What is a synonym for 'money' found in the text?

• Wealth

• Gifts

• Currency

• Rich

What does the suffix –ful mean in the word flavorful?

• Without flavor

• Full of flavor

• Lacking flavor

In paragraph 5, use context clues to help you define the word 'regarded.'

• Look away

• To look upon with respect

• To taste delicious

What was the author’s purpose for writing this passage?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the passage mostly about?

• Christopher Columbus took cocoa beans to Europe

• Cortez took cocoa beans to Spain and traded the beans

• The history of hot chocolate

How did the Spanish change the drink to fit their tastes?

• Sugar & marshmallows

• Sugar cane, vanilla, and cinnamon

• Sugar, vanilla, and whipped cream

Why do you think the cocoa beans were named 'brown gold?'

• They’re so yummy!

• The beans were found with gold inside

• The beans could be used for currency, trade, and food

What led to the chocolate shops?

• Spaniards were trading the cocoa beans

• The cocoa became a huge success because of the Aztecs

• The cocoa was so good people could not stop eating it

On the European Hot Chocolate recipe card it asks the cook to reserve a couple of teaspoons. What do you think the saved teaspoons of chocolate are for?

• Sweetener

• Topping

• Helps the froth be fuller