WorksheetsChew on This Review Ch.1-Ch.5
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who bought out the McDonald brothers and became a millionaire?
a)
Walt Disney
b)
Hamburger Charlie
c)
Speedy Service
d)
Ray Kroc
2.
What is the title of author Eric Schlosser's book about the fast-food industry?
a)
Chew On This
b)
Supersized America
c)
Fast Food Nation
d)
Food Fight
3.
Critics of the burgers-and-fries diet say it lacks a key nutrient that teens need to help strengthen their developing bones.
a)
calcium
b)
mineral oil
c)
selenium
d)
zinc
4.
What was the advertisers main idea with their commercials?
a)
For parents to visit Disneyland.
b)
For children to nag their parents to take them to McDonald's.
c)
To stop abuse of animals.
d)
To convince public they were not abusing animals.
5.
Entree
a)
the main course of a meal
b)
having something to do with eating and drinking
c)
to eat or drink
d)
to change into another form or state
6.
Gluttonous
a)
a loose outer garment
b)
an item that holds something else
c)
having to do with eating or drinking in excess
d)
to reduce the concentration
7.
Edible
a)
substance used to clean other objects
b)
fit to be eaten
c)
disorder to stain
d)
to reduce
8.
Big companies are often willing to ________________________ kids in order to make money.
a)
manipulate
(v.)
b)
radical
(adj.)
c)
extract
(n.)
9.
A(n) ______________, or large, industry has arisen in the U.S. to make processed food taste good.
a)
vast (adj.)
b)
extract (n.)
c)
wield (v.)
10.
What did Hamburger Charlie sell originally at the Outagamie County Fair?
a)
hotdogs
b)
cotton candy
c)
meatballs
d)
peanuts
11.
Define the word sustainable.
a)
in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent
b)
Present everywhere at the same time
c)
Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply.
d)
Someone or something that is perfect representation or example of a quality, idea, etc.
12.
Define the word embodiment.
a)
To give or send out; odor; sound
b)
Someone or something that is perfect representation or example of a quality, idea, etc.
c)
Unable to be conquered.
d)
A category of taste in food besides sweet, sour, salty, and bitter; refers to a fifth taste, a savory pungent meaty taste.
13.
Define the word emerge.
a)
One who does not conform to, or refuse to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
b)
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.
c)
Too important and respected to be changed, criticized, etc.
d)
in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent
14.
Define the word nonconformist.
a)
One who does not conform to, or refuse to be bound by, accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.
b)
Present everywhere at the same time
c)
Someone or something that is perfect representation or example of a quality, idea, etc.
d)
Unable to be conquered.
15.
Define the word fundamentally.
a)
Of or relating to the foundation or base; elementary.
b)
Too important and respected to be changed, criticized, etc.
c)
Open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected.
d)
Someone or something that is perfect representation or example of a quality, idea, etc.
16.
Define the word impulsive.
a)
Acting without planning.
b)
in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent
c)
The interaction of two or more people or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
d)
Unable to be conquered.
17.
Define the word invincible.
a)
A category of taste in food besides sweet, sour, salty, and bitter; refers to a fifth taste, a savory pungent meaty taste.
b)
Too important and respected to be changed, criticized, etc.
c)
Unable to be conquered.
d)
Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply.
18.
Define the word umami.
a)
A category of taste in food besides sweet, sour, salty, and bitter; refers to a fifth taste, a savory pungent meaty taste.
b)
Acting without planning.
c)
To give or send out; odor; sound
d)
in the process of coming into being or becoming prominent
19.
A flag is the ________ of a country.
a)
nonconformist
b)
vulnerable
c)
fundamentally
d)
embodiment
20.
Rotting, stinky garbage is an example of something that _______ an odor.
a)
sustainable
b)
omnipresent
c)
emits
d)
sacrosanct
21.
McDonalds and Taco Bell are two examples of successful ___________.
a)
sacrosancts
b)
franchises
c)
invincible
d)
impusive
22.
The Constitution ensures our __________ rights.
a)
omnipresent
b)
fundamental
c)
nonconformist
d)
umami
23.
Children are the most __________ members of society.
a)
vulnerable
b)
umami
c)
emerge
d)
embodiment
24.
She's ________ and often does things that she later regrets.
a)
sacrosanct
b)
omnipresent
c)
synergy
d)
impulsive
25.
Foods such as fish, anchovies and mushrooms can have a strong _______ quality.
a)
emit
b)
impulsive
emerge
emerge
c)
umami
d)
synergy
26.
What was Ray Kroc's idea for making McDonalds popular? (pg.32)
a)
Having his own TV show
b)
Targeting children as its customers
c)
Convincing adults the food was wholesome
d)
Focusing on selling to teenage boys
27.
Which of the following is NOT something that Kroc believed? (pg. 33)
a)
How you sold the food was more important than how the food tasted
b)
He was in show business more than the restaurant business
c)
Children are the way to bring people into McDonalds
d)
Every restaurant must have their own mascot
28.
Walt Disney and Ray Kroc worked together so that there would be a McDonalds at every corner in Disneyland
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Why wasn't Speedee successful?
a)
Children thought he looked scary
b)
He was too similiar to Speedy, the mascot used to sell medicine for upset stomachs
c)
People got sick after eating lollipops that looked like Speedee
30.
Who created the first Ronald McDonald?
a)
Ray Kroc
b)
Walt Disney
c)
Oscar Goldstein
d)
Willard Scott
31.
Why didn't Willard Scott play Ronald McDonald on the first national TV ads?
a)
He was fired for being overweight
b)
He quit because he wanted to become a weatherman
c)
He quit because he didn't like wearing the costume
d)
He was fired for not being friendly enough
32.
What detail from the passage best indicates that Danielle spent most of her energy on her job?
a)
She don’t get enough sleep and don’t even do her homework
b)
Every time Danielle takes a test she falls asleep
c)
When Danielle gets out of school she goes straight to work
d)
She usually doesn’t feel awake until ten or eleven o’clock about halfway through her shift
33.
What is the central idea of these pages?
a)
Danielle really liked to work at McDonald’s
b)
Danielle felt that she taken for granted
c)
Danielle was lying about what they did to her
d)
Danielle was very selfish
34.
Read the sentence “ No other industry has a work force so dominated by teens”. What does the phrase “workforce so dominated by teens” mean?
a)
Most teenagers were nice to McDonald’s customers
b)
Most of the workers were teenagers
c)
Teenagers owned the McDonald’s restaurant
d)
Teenager were bribed, to work for McDonald’s
35.
Which sentence would be best to included in a short summary of the passage
a)
Danielle worked at McDonald’s
b)
Danielle loved her job
c)
Danielle was being taken advantage of at her job
d)
No one liked Danielle because she was being selfish
36.
Where did F.Gilbert lamb invent his War gun lamb knife?
a)
A parking lot
b)
In his lab
c)
At his house
d)
In a factory
37.
Which quotation from the passage supports the main idea?
a)
French fries are unhealthy for people but have a great history
b)
Most people buy french fries and they are good and bad thing to eat
c)
French fries are dangerous and unhealthy but people still eat them today
d)
French fries were invented in 1900 and grew bigger and bigger over the years
38.
What did Kristina Clark do to protest against the soda machine in her school?
a)
she yelled at all the students.
b)
she boycotted
c)
she made posters
d)
she went to the principal
39.
Which quotation from the passage supports the idea that no one supported Kristina's posters?
a)
"Then Kristina walked past the machine one day and noticed that the poster was gone and tape in all"
b)
"The next day Kristina went to the school and taped the poster to the front of the machine" .
c)
"The poster stated up for about two weeks".
d)
''When she asked the principal at Geenallen Elementary if the school would consider getting rid of the soda machine the principal listened to her didn't do a thing'' .
40.
What central idea does the author convey?
a)
The author describes how pop is healthy for human body .
b)
the author shows how pop is the only reason that kids are gaining weight.
c)
The author illustrates how soda is bad for kids' health .
d)
the author explains why all kids should love pop.
41.
Which detail from the passage supports that inference that Kristina wants to "Stop the Pop"?
a)
The fact that across America kids are getting too fat
b)
The description of what "Baby Bottle Syndrome" does to young children.
c)
Kristina didn't like soda, so she didn't want anyone around her drinking it .
d)
Kristina's doctor told her what soda can do to your teeth , and she wanted to make sure that no one else in her community had to suffer the side effects of drinking too much pop
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