A Sweet Way to Stop Hiccups

How does the author organize the section "Award-Winning" Recipe" in the article?

• By comparing Mallory Kievman's lollipop to other hiccup remedies.

• By explaining how Mallory Kievman's invention immediately helped her family and friends.

• By listing the challenges Mallory faced in creating her hiccup cure.

• By describing the sequence of events that led to the creation of hiccupops.

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The selection's third-person point of view helps the reader understand-

• What Mallory Kievman thought about the success of her invention.

• How other inventors helped contribute to Hiccupops.

• What inspired Mallory to continue working on her hiccup cure.

• How people reacted to Mallory's invention in the competition.

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Read the sentence from paragraph 8.

"She won three awards for her creative idea, and a patent was filed for her

product as part of her winnings."

What is the most likely reason the author included this statement in the selection?

• To show that Hiccupops became a well-known product.

• To illustrate how creative ideas can be recognized and rewarded.

• To emphasize that Mallory's invention was better than other hiccup remedies.

• To highlight how difficult it is to get a patent for a new invention.

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Read the phrase from paragraph 6.

"She decided to use the two ideas to make a special lollipop"

The author uses specific language about the lollipop to-

• Highlight the fun and creativity in Mallory's invention.

• Emphasize that her lollipop was completely unique and unlike any other.

• Suggest that the lollipop had a magical effect on curing hiccups.

• Illustrate Mallory's uncertainty about whether her invention would work.

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In paragraph 6, the author uses the word irritating.

What is an antonym for the word irritating?

• Pleasing

• Funny

• Annoying

• Cool

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The author most likely wrote this selection to-

• convince the reader that hiccups are easily cured by doing one easy trick

• persuade the reader to become an inventor to make more inventions to cure the hiccups

• inform the reader of different remedies for hiccups and an inventor that created a remedy for the hiccups

• compare homemade recipes to an award winning recipe in order to cure the hiccups

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Which section would be most helpful to a person who wants to find information about the causes of hiccups?

• What Is a Hiccup?

• Making Hiccups Go Away

• Award-Winning Recipe

• A Recipe for Curing Hiccups

One reason Mallory Kievman thought her lollipop would help stop hiccups was that-

• her friends and family members enjoyed the taste of her lollipops

• she knew the ingredients in her lollipops had worked for other people

• her friends and family members had researched the idea for her

• she was asked to share her recipe with others at a contest

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The author begins the selection with the ideas in paragraph 1 most likely to-

• interest the reader in a subject that many people have experienced

• suggest what it feels like to have the hiccups

• explain to the reader why people have trouble recognizing hiccups

• identify the most common time to get hiccups

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Why does the author include the diagram next to paragraph 2?

• To show the reader what human bodies look like from the inside so we know for the future

• To illustrate to the reader about the process of how a person breathes

• To give a representation of how people make sounds come out of their mouths

• To help the reader understand where certain parts are in the body that make someone hiccup

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