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Cocoa Ice

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vocabulary: At the marine museum, we toured an old-fashioned ______ that was tied to the dock.

a)

machete

b)

trading

c)

schooner

2.

Vocabulary: The _______ ship brought silk from China to sell in France.

a)

pulp

b)

harvest

c)

machete

d)

trading

3.

Vocabulary: In the autumn we _____ the apples.

a)

harvest

b)

schooner

c)

trading

d)

support

4.

Christina had to use a ______ to cut the tall grass.

a)

support

b)

machete

c)

bargain

d)

schooner

5.

Vocabulary: My aunt says the best part of the orange is the ______.

a)

harvest

b)

bargain

c)

trading

d)

pulp

6.

Vocabulary: Whenever there is a sale, Mom tries to find a good ______.

a)

bargain

b)

harvest

c)

support

d)

pulp

7.

Vocabulary: The farmer staked the plants, as the tomatoes were heavy and the vines could not _____ them.

a)

support

b)

bargain

c)

trading

d)

schooner

8.

What two locations are talked about in the story?

a)

Santa Maria and Maine

b)

Santo Domingo and Maryland

c)

Cailfornia and Maine

d)

Santo Domingo and Maine

9.

What happens to the cocoa beans before they dry in the sun?

Choose TWO answers

a)

They are split open with a machete

b)

They are put between banana leaves with pulp

c)

They are covered with turtle grass

d)

They are put into bowls with coconut milk.

10.

Why is it necessary to dry the cocoa beans in the sun?

a)

Fresh beans smell bad.

b)

The pulp is poisionous.

c)

Drying cocoa beans takes out the bitterness.

d)

Fresh beans give you a toothache.

11.

In this story, Mama steams conchs and picks out the meat. Conchs are a kind of ______.

a)

bird

b)

shellfish

c)

pan

d)

rock

12.

The island people trade for what they need by using all of the following EXCEPT ______.

a)

ice

b)

cocoa beans

c)

coconut

d)

bananas

13.

Why is it important to be the first person to see a schooner come into the bay?

a)

The first people to reach the ship have a better chance of trading for what they want.

b)

Captains trade only with the first few people to arrive.

c)

When the ships get crowded, there is a lot of pushing and shoving.

d)

Captains get angry if to many people want to trade.

14.

What must Jacob have traded to get the seashell on the mantle shelf?

a)

hay

b)

ice

c)

the balsam bag

d)

pictures of Maine

15.

Papa and Uncle Jacob worry when it snows on the river because ______.

a)

then they can't walk on the river

b)

then it is too cold to cut ice

c)

Snow keeps the river from freezing

d)

horses can't walk on snow

16.

The first step of cutting ice is ______.

a)

lifting blocks of ice

b)

cutting through the ice into the water

c)

floating ice on the water

d)

making grooves in the ice

17.

Sailors cover the ice on schooners with sawdust and hay to _______.

a)

keep the ice from moving

b)

keep the ice from melting

c)

keep the ice clean

d)

make it easier to load

18.

How are the girl in Santo Doming and the girl in Maine alike?

a)

Both like chocolate

b)

Both climb trees.

c)

Both drink coconut milk.

d)

Both swim in a river.

19.

For six points, give your teacher the worksheet she assigned to you yesterday.

Each question should have THREE answers.

a)

Choose this answer!

b)

Don't choose this answer!