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Reading Questions

Choose the best answer.

1. Who opened the first McDonald restaurant?
a. Dick and Mac McDonald

b. Ronald McDonald
c. Big Mac
d. Ray Kroc

2. What information is given first in the article?
a. The McDonald’s success story begins in 1940.
b. The company has become a symbol of globalization and the spread of the

American way of life.
c. Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers’ ownership in the company
and led its worldwide expansion.
d. It was the first restaurant to introduce Happy Meals, playgrounds, and
cartooned mascots to attract children.

3. What problems does McDonald’s have?
a. McDonald’s is a frequent target of activism.
b. McDonald’s is a frequent target of many public debates.

c. The company has controversial business tactics.
d. all of the above

4. What makes McDonald’s different from other restaurants?

a. It is a giant corporation.
b. Their target consumers include children.
c. McDonald’s introduced the “Speedee Service System.”

d. McDonald’s is a fast-food restaurant.

5. Why is McDonald’s such a successful restaurant?
a. They have restaurants in more than 119 states.

b. They don’t have healthy varieties of food.
c. Their target consumers are of all ages.
d. none of the above

6. Which sentence uses the word present in the same way it is used in

the article?
a. He presented the facts with clear evidence.
b. Clair received a car as a present from her parents.
c. The present day war tactics are different from that of the last century.

d. He was present in her thoughts on her wedding day.

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