Finding Details
Vocabulary
Main Idea
100

What are the two accidental inventions described in the text?

Ice cream cone

Ice cream soda

100
What does "curious" mean?

a trait to describe someone who asks a lot of questions or is interested in learning more information

100

What is the main idea of the whole passage?

How 2 sweet treats were invented by accident

200

Where did the ice cream cone first appear?

At the St. Louis World's Fair

200

In the first paragraph of the letter to Dear Curious, it states "One of the most popular is that it first appeared at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904." What does "appeared" mean?

a. went away

b. was seen

c. disappeared

d. invention

b. was seen

200

What is the main idea of the first paragraph of the letter to Curious?

How the ice cream cone was invented by accident

300

When was the ice cream soda invented?

1874

300

At the end of the text it says "Green had been making $6 a day. Soon his profits were $600 a day." What do you think "profits" means?

a. the money someone earns or makes

b. the money someone spends or uses

a. the money someone earns or makes

300

What is the main idea of the second paragraph of the letter to Curious?

How the ice cream soda was invented by accident

400

How did Robert M. Green accidentally invent the ice cream soda?

He replaced sweet cream with vanilla ice cream when he ran out of sweet cream to make a drink.

400

What is the meaning of a newspaper column?

A section in a newspaper with the article in it

500

How was the ice cream cone invented?

An ice cream seller ran out of dishes to serve ice cream in. He rolled up a waffle and filled it with ice cream. 

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