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Cocoa Ice
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A reading and vocabulary comprehension assessment
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1
At the marine museum, we toured an old-fashioned ________ that was tied to the dock.
bargain
machete
trading
schooner
2
What happens to the cocoa beans before they dry in the sun?
They are put in a bowl of coconut milk.
They are put between banana leaves with pulp.
They are split open with a machete.
They are covered with turtle grass.
3
The ______ ship brought silk from China to sell in France.
harvest
pulp
machete
trading
4
How are the girl in Santo Domingo and the girl in Maine alike?
Both like chocolate.
Both swim in a river.
Both climb trees.
Both drink coconut milk.
5
The first step in harvesting ice is _______.
lifting blocks of ice
floating ice on the water
cutting through the ice to the water
making grooves in the ice
6
The farmer staked the plants; as the tomatoes were heavy and the vines could not ______ them.
trading
machete
bargain
support
7
Christina had to use a ______ to cut the tall grass.
bargain
schooner
support
machete
8
Why is it important to be the first person to see a schooner come into the bay?
They have a better chance of trading for what they want.
Captains get angry if many people want to trade.
Captains trade only with the first few people who arrive.
The ship gets crowded & there is lots of pushing and shoving
9
My aunt says the best part of the orange is its _____.
harvest
trading
bargain
pulp
10
Papa and Uncle Jacob worry when it snows on the river because_______.
horses can't walk on snow
then it is too cold to cut the ice
then they can't walk on the river
snow keeps the river from freezing
11
Whenever there is a sale, Mom tries to find a good _______.
support
pulp
harvest
bargain
12
In the autumn we ______ the apples.
trading
support
schooner
harvest
13
Sailors cover the ice on schooners with sawdust and hay to_____.
make it easier to load the ice
keep the ice clean
keep the ice from melting
keep the ice from moving
14
What two locations are talked about in the story?
Santa Maria and Maine
Santo Domingo and Maine
Santo Domingo and Maryland
California and Maine
15
Why is it necessary to dry the cocoa beans in the sun?
Fresh beans give you a toothache.
Drying cocoa beans takes out the bitterness.
Fresh beans smell bad.
The pulp is poisonous.
16
The island people trade for what they need by using all the following except ______.
ice
cocoa beans
bananas
coconuts
17
What must Jacob have traded to get the seashell on the mantel shelf?
pictures of Maine
the balsam rag
ice
hay
18
In this story, Mama steams conchs and picks out the meat. Conchs are a kind of ____.
pan
shellfish
rock
bird