Popcorn Reading Comprehension

Reading comprehension questions about a passage on the history, uses, and science of popcorn

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one of the following is not true?
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Popcorns were popped by housewives
  2. Popcorn has been available at the grocery stores for many years
  3. Popcorn was popped at the first Thanksgiving
  4. All of the above
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Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Different ways in which the popcorn was not used.
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. As ornament
  2. As food
  3. As As tiara
  4. None of the above
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Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the appropriate title for the passage.
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.Though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. History of popcorn
  2. Discovery of a new snack
  3. How popcorn travelled to different cities
  4. Popcorn - an ornament
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Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why does the popcorn pop?
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Because of the sand
  2. Because of heat
  3. Because of expansion of water inside
  4. All of the above
  5. -
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which question is answered in the first paragraph?
Popcorns were discovered by the native Americans thousands of years ago in Guatemala or Mexico.though they were popped in China Sumatra and India long before Columbus reached America. It is known as Popcorn and also �popping corn� because it is a special variety of corn also known as Zea mays everta. It expands because the water expands on it when heated.

Popcorns were not only used as food but also as decoration for ceremonial headdresses and as ornaments on statues of their Gods. It is a hearsay or an unproven theory that an Indian named Quadequina first popped the popcorn in a dear skinned bag filled with sand for the thanksgiving feast.
But today the popcorns are popped in the highly technological machines and you buy them at movies and fairs. Street vendors also sell them by making them through the steam of gas powered poppers in parks and exhibitions.

  1. Where was popcorn first popped?
  2. What is the right temperature to cook popcorn?
  3. Who likes popcorn?
  4. How does a kernel of corn turn into popcorn?
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