Rothschild Letter
Which sentence in the letter from Lord Rothschild (a British intelligence officer) explains what caused him to request the drawing you see below the letter?
A. “I wonder if you could do a drawing for me of an explosive slab of chocolate.”
B. “We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”
C. “When you break off a piece of chocolate at one end in the normal way, instead of it falling away, a piece of canvas is revealed stuck into the middle of the piece which has been broken off and sticking into the middle of the remainder of the slab.”
D. “Would it be possible for you to do a drawing of this, one possibly with the paper half taken off revealing one end and another with the piece broken off showing the canvas.”
B. “We have received information that the enemy are using pound slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”
The question is not 'Which sentence was the request?' is it 'Which sentence CAUSED the request?'.
“Have you had chocolate recently?”
What is the author’s MAIN purpose for beginning paragraph 1 with a question to readers?
A. to give readers historical information about the topic
B. to present the author’s point of view on the topic
C. to grab reader’s attention by creating a connection to the topic
D. to explain a problem that needs a solution
C: to grab the reader's attention by creating a
connection to the topic
What is 'Fair Trade' chocolate?
Chocolate that is harvested from farms where the workers are paid a livable wage and treated as employees, not slaves.
Choose the sentence from paragraph 6 that BEST explains what “Fair TradeCertified” means? Choose ONE.
1) There is hope. 2) An emerging group of farms in Africa and South America are called Fair Trade Certified. 3) Companies that buy cocoa beans from these farmers sign a document promising to pay the farmers a fair trade price which is enough for them to buy food and clothing for their families and send their children to school. 4) There are about 45,000 farmers in this program. 5) Chocolate made from these farmers’ beans is labeled Fair Trade. 6) Also, all organic chocolate made with cocoa grown on farms without child laborers is labeled fair trade.
Sentence begins: Companies that buy cocoa
beans from the...
What are they? What does each mean? What do they mean put together?
Trans- across
Port- to carry
Transport means to carry across
“When the piece of chocolate is pulled sharply, the canvas is also pulled and this initiates the mechanism.”
Which of the following would BEST replace the word initiates in the sentence?
A. breaks off
B. communicates with
C. begins
D. introduces
C: begins
Paragraph 2 describes Sametta’s daily routine. It states that Sametta “does not go to school.” Which sentence in this paragraph BEST explains why she doesn’t go to school? Choose ONE.
A. Imagine this: 12-year old Sametta lives in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa.
B. She wakes up at 4:00 a.m., eats millet porridge, then walks two miles to her family's cocoa bean field.
C. For the next 12 hours she picks cocoa pods and breaks them open so she can scoop out the 30-50 seeds, or "beans," inside.
D. About 400 beans are needed to make one pound of chocolate.
E. Her family needs her to work in order for them to survive.
F. Her health is at risk because she uses a sharp machete to harvest the cocoa pods, which are sprayed with poisonous pesticides.
E: Her family needs her to work in order for
them to survive.
What is the name of the first civilization that processed Cacao into chocolate?
Olmec
Choose the sentence from paragraph 6 that MOST CLEARLY states the writer’s point of view (attitude or feeling) about the problem? Choose ONE.
1) There is hope. 2) An emerging group of farms in Africa and South America are called Fair Trade Certified. 3) Companies that buy cocoa beans from these farmers sign a document promising to pay the farmers a fair trade price which is enough for them to buy food and clothing for their families and send their children to school. 4) There are about 45,000 farmers in this program. 5) Chocolate made from these farmers’ beans is labeled Fair Trade. 6) Also, all organic chocolate made with cocoa grown on farms without child laborers is labeled fair trade.
Sentence: There is hope.
Someone who owns a business
What information from the letter is shown in the illustration? Choose TWO.
A. “...slabs of chocolate which are made of steel with a very thin covering of real chocolate.”
B. “Inside there is high explosive and some form of delay mechanism...”
C. “A piece of canvas is revealed stuck into the middle of the piece which has been broken off...”
D. “...this initiates the mechanism.”
E. “When the piece of chocolate is pulled sharply, the canvas is also pulled...”
A: "...slabs of chocolate which are made of steel
with a very thin covering of real chocolate."
C: "A piece of canvas is revealed stuck in the
middle of the piece which has been broken
off..."
“Going to school is out of the question.”
Which statement BEST describes the meaning of the phrase “out of the question” as it is used in this sentence?
A. Child laborers wonder why they cannot go to school.
B. Going to school is not possible for child laborers.
C. The families of child laborers doubt the value of school.
D. Going to school is not something child laborers like to do.
B: Going to school is not possible for child
laborers.
There are major chocolate companies that pay for academic studies about chocolate. Name 3.
Mars, Hershey, Cadbury, MnM's, Dove.
“Before 1999, the government in the Ivory Coast set a minimum price for cocoa, but then the cocoa industry was privatized and the minimum price disappeared.”
What does the author mean by minimum price?
A. The lowest price allowed.
B. The highest amount allowed.
C. The price is different every day.
A: The lowest price allowed.
A 'hub' is what?
A. A piece of steak
B. A location
C. A main place of action
D. Short for 'Husband'
C
“The bomb is made of steel with a thin covering of real chocolate. When the piece of chocolate at the end is broken off the canvas shown is pulled, and after a delay of seven seconds the bomb explodes.”
What information from the letter is NOT included in this caption?
A. The bomb is made of chocolate-covered steel.
B. The wrapper says PETERS brand chocolate.
C. Breaking off a piece of chocolate pulls the canvas.
D. The bomb explodes after a delay of seven seconds.
B: The wrapper says PETERS brand chocolate.
“For generations they have depended on growing and selling cocoa beans as their main means of survival.”
What is the meaning of the word means as it is used in this sentence?
A. method
B. definition
C. purpose
D. demonstration
A: method
Miss Daily's favorite kind of chocolate is this.
Dark Chocolate
Which evidence supports this claim:
'Chocolate companies are motivated by a desire to make high profits.'
A. “Her health is at risk because she uses a sharp machete to harvest the cocoa pods, which are sprayed with poisonous pesticides.”
B. “For generations they have depended on growing and selling cocoa beans as their main means of survival. Without help from their children the farmers would not be able to buy food.”
C. “Most farmers only earn between $30 and $100 a year. Cheap or free labor means more profits for the chocolate companies.”
D. “Third, write letters to the biggest chocolate companies (Nestle, M&M/Mars and Hershey) telling them that they need to buy at least some of their cocoa from Fair Trade Certified farms so that kids can go to school.”
C
Salt is an excellent additive to make food more _____.
A. Appetizing
B. Appearance
C. Applicable
D. Palatable
D
How does the Rothschild letter connect to the rest of the chocolate collection? Why is it part of the reading?
Answers will vary- anything that sounds viable works.
“Big chocolate companies like Mars/M&M want to buy cocoa beans for as little cash as possible so that they can make big profits selling their chocolate products. Chocolate companies pay farmers a very low price for their cocoa beans. Most farmers only earn between $30 and $100 a year. Cheap or free labor means more profits for the chocolate companies.”
This excerpt supports which TWO inferences (conclusions) about big chocolate
companies? Choose TWO.
A. Big chocolate companies need to increase profits because they didn’t make much money in the past.
B. Paying workers low wages is one way big chocolate companies can keep profits high.
C. Big chocolate companies feel bad about the harsh conditions faced by their child laborers.
D. Big chocolate companies have the power to decide how much they will pay for cocoa beans.
E. Big chocolate companies plan to start paying laborers more as soon as they have raised enough cash.
B: Paying workers low wages is one way big
chocolate companies can keep profits high.
D: Big chocolate companies have the power to
decide how much they will pay for cocoa beans.
Which type of chocolate has the highest concentration of cacao to fat solids?
Which type has the lowest percentage of cacao to fat solids?
Dark, white.
Choose which piece of evidence best supports the following claim: 'Children who work as laborers for chocolate companies do so because their family cannot make a living wage without their help.'
A. “Her health is at risk because she uses a sharp machete to harvest the cocoa pods, which are sprayed with poisonous pesticides.”
B. “For generations they have depended on growing and selling cocoa beans as their main means of survival. Without help from their children the farmers would not be able to buy food.”
C. “Most farmers only earn between $30 and $100 a year. Cheap or free labor means more profits for the chocolate companies.”
D. “Third, write letters to the biggest chocolate companies (Nestle, M&M/Mars and Hershey) telling them that they need to buy at least some of their cocoa from Fair Trade Certified farms so that kids can go to school.”
B
We are what we repeatedly do. ___________ then, is not an ________ but a ________.
A. Excellence, Act, Habit
B. Elegance, Excuse, Response.
C. Habit, Routine, Moment.
D. Music, Art, Discipline.
A.