Where did Eleanor first come up with the idea for Candy Land?
at school
at the beach
in the hospital
What is this article mostly about?
how Eleanor Abbott invented the game Candy Land
why kids sometimes had to stay at home in the 1940s and 1950
If you sketched something, you have made a simple drawing.
false
true
Which of these is the slogan for Eleanor's game?
Peppermint-stick forests
A sweet little game for sweet little folks.
Why did Eleanor invent the game?
to distract kids from being sick
to make kids sick
When did Candy Land come out?
1869
1949
Look at this photo from the bottom of page 3. What does the caption tell you?
Kids on a baseball team visit polio patients in the hospital
Eleanor Abbott visits the hospital.
What disease was making a lot of kids sick in 1948?
peppermint
polio
Eleanor Abbott was a ___________.
teacher
electrician
True or false. A short sentence or phrase that is used to make people want to buy something is called a sneaker.
false
true
If someone or something distracts you, it makes you think of something other than what you are doing.
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false
What happened after Eleanor took her game to the Milton Bradley game company?
The company gave the game a slogan.
The company gave the game a title.
True or false. A disease that made a lot of children sick.
true
false
Which of these tells what a sketch is?
Eleanor made a drawing of her game idea.
The kids loved to play Candy Land.
True or false. Today polio is mostly gone from the United States.
false
true
What was the best part of the game?
the colorful board
kids could play it by themselves