Milton Hershey: Chocolate King, Town Builder

What does succeed mean?

• to achieve

• to fail

• to practice

• to struggle

The text says Milton was determined. The word determined is used to describe someone who is ______.

• is very smart

• does not give up

• makes a lot of money

• spends money on other people

True or False

Milton Hershey was a philanthropist.

• True

• False

A _______ is a job or craft that requires working with your hands or with machines.

• duty

• boss

• hobby

• trade

Milton Hershey's first success came as a ________.

• printer

• builder

• candy maker

• ice cream maker

In the text it says, " An Englishman was so impressed with the candies, he ordered a huge supply to be shipped to England.

What does the word impressed mean?

• answered poorly

• refused to compete

• was not able to please

• affected in a favorable way

Which sentence about Milton's businesses is true?

• Milton's caramel business failed, but his chocolate business made him rich.

• Milton's caramel business made hime rich, but his chocolate made him famous.

• Milton's caramel business was successful and lasted much longer than his chocolate business.

• Milton's caramel business made him famous, but he only made money when he started making chocolate.

Milton got the idea to make chocolate from __________.

• the World's Fair in Chicago.

• a visit to a factory in Germany.

• an ice cream parlor in Lancaster.

• one of his employees in New York.

On August 10, 1900, Milton Hershey sold the Lancaster Caramel Company for ___________.

• $1 dollar

• $1 million dollars

• $10 million dollars

• $100 thousand dollars

Where did Milton build his first chocolate factory?

• in Chicago

• in New York City

• on farmland near where he was born in Derry, Pennsylvania

• in the same town as his caramel company.