Comprehension Skimming for Main Ideas

Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. The main topic in Paragraph 1 is that

1. doughnuts are America’s favorite breakfast treat.

2. People eat doughnuts in different ways.

3. Doughnuts can have different shapes and flavors.

2. Paragraph 2 is mainly about

1. how the doughnut takes different shapes around the world.

2. how the early settlers made doughnuts.

3. How doughnuts have existed for a long time.

3. The main topic of Paragraph 2 is

1. the existence of doughnuts in the New World before the settlers.

2. the petrified doughnut found in a cave.

3. The remains found in a cave in Oklahoma.

4. Paragraph 5 is mainly about

1. the fun of cooking doughnuts in a bakery window.

2. The popularity of Adolph Levitt’s doughnuts and his doughnut machine.

3. The attempts made by Adolph Levitt and an engineer to make a doughnut machine.

Scanning for Details

Scan the paragraphs for details. It is not necessary to read the whole passage again. Some of the following sentences have incorrect fact and write the correct answer above it.

1. The word doughnut began to appear in American recipes during the 18^th century.

2. Adolph Levitt and an engineer were responsible for the invention of the first doughnut machine.

3. The doughnut is one of the oldest and simplest foods.

4. All societies called doughnuts by the same name.

5. The early colonial settlers were familiar with doughnuts as fried sweet cakes.

6. During World War II, girls working for the USO made doughnuts for the soldiers.

7. A petrified doughnut was found in a cave in Tennessee.

8. The Native Americans used sugarcane to sweeten their form of doughnut.

9. Adolph Levitt couldn’t keep up with the demand for doughnuts at his bakery.

10. The doughnut was an unusual treat for the American settles traveling east.

Order of Events

Number the sentences to show the correct order.

_____________ Doughnut shops appear all across America.

_____________ Fried sweet cakes are eaten often by the settles on the frontier.

_____________ The word doughnut begins to appear in American recipes.

_____________ The settles bring recipes for fried sweet cakes with them to America.

_____________ Girls fry doughnuts for the American soldiers.

_____________ The wonderful Almost Human Automatic Donut Machine is invented.

Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

The answers to these questions are not directly stated in the passage. Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. From the passage, it can be concluded that

1. people didn’t develop a liking for doughnuts until they were made for the soldiers.

2. doughnuts in one form or another have been eaten by people for thousands of years.

3. it’s thanks to Adolph Levitt that doughnuts are eaten in America today.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that

1. the settlers learned how to make doughnuts from the Native Americans.

2. doughnuts were a basic food eaten by both the natives and the settlers.

3. Doughnuts were prepared and eaten only by advanced civilizations.

3. The passage implies that

1. the soldiers of World War I ate doughnuts because they were starving.

2. The doughnut machine didn’t have an effect on the popularity of doughnuts.

3. Today’s doughnuts come in a greater variety than they did in colonial days.