Doughnuts

Why did the soldiers returning to America represent a business opportunity for Adolph Levitt?

• He knew he could hire them to work in his chain, Mayflower Doughnuts.

• The soldiers had to work with Levitt to help him build his first doughnut shop.

• He needed their expertise in creating his new doughnut machine.

• The soldier wanted doughnuts, and Levitt could start a specialty shop to serve them.

What is the main idea of the book?

• The doughnut has become a staple of breakfast and snack foots all around the world.

• Doughnuts are highly profitable since the basic doughnut is made with inexpensive ingredients.

• It's safe to assume that Americans will be eating doughnuts far into the future.

• Pastries are often eater during religious holidays, festivals, and carnivals in Europe, Asia, and Africa.

What was the effect of Levitt's Wonderful Human Automatic Doughnut Machine?

• It frightened the public away from eating doughnuts.

• It helped Levitt serve doughnuts to soldiers during the war.

• It slowed down the doughnut-making process.

• It increased the public's fascination with love of doughnuts.

Why did the author write this book?

• to entertain readers with a doughnut adventure story

• to persuade readers to eat doughnuts

• to inform readers about the history of the doughnut

• to persuade readers not to eat doughnuts

What caused the popularity of the doughnut to decline in recent years?

• Doughnuts were highly profitable since they were made with inexpensive ingredients.

• During World War II soldiers started eating waffles instead of doughnuts, starting a new trend.

• Doughnuts were not considered healthy because of their large amounts of fat and sugar.

• Creating doughnuts became too expensive, so fewer businesses were selling them.

Read the following sentence: The original doughnut was mainly based on a recipe from the Netherlands.  What is the meaning of the word recipe in the sentence?

• common food that is an important part of a diet

• set of instructions for building a specific kind of house

• person who comes to live in a new country

• set of instructions for making a specific kind of food

Which of the following details is an opinion found in the book?

• Soldiers called the women Doughnut Dollies.

• No doubt the humble doughnut is here to stay.

• The history of the modern doughnut begins in Maine.

• Bakers use doughnut machines to create more doughnuts faster.

What is the correct possessive noun?

• doughnut's sprinkles

• doughnuts' sprinkles

What is the correct possessive noun?

• doughnut's sprinkles

• doughnuts' sprinkles

_____ are sweet, I eat them with a cup of coffee

• Sushi

• Nachos

• Doughnuts

• Pizza