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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Which famous person used saffron?

a. Monks
b. Cleopatra
c. Phoenicians
d. Europeans

2. Who were the first people to use saffron as a spice?
a. Tibetans
b. Europeans

c. Chinese
d. Iranians

3. When Cleopatra used saffron, it

a. made her look young
b. gave her skin a golden shine
c. gave her skin a great smell

d. made her prettier

4. Saffron is used mostly as
a. a perfume

b. an anti-aging herb
c. a spice
d. a dairy

5. Predict what type of people in the past would use saffron the most.

a. people with stomach problems
b. doctors
c. gods and goddesses
d. everybody

6. The word shine means
a. to appear animated
b. to be bright with light

c. to excel
d. to make glossy

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