1) Where can we get gum from?
_____________We can get gum from trees._(l.2,3 or 11)___________________________

2) Some people thought that it was strange that Santa Anna went to New York. Why?
_____Santa Anna had once fought against the US (l.9)____________________________

3) ‘Chicle’ was only used as chewing gum. Explain.
Adams had actually tried to make things like toys or masks out of “chicle”, but these
experiments failed. (l13, 14)

4) What did Adams’s competitor do to get more customers?
He sent three pieces of gum to every person he could find in the phone book. (l.22-24)

5) Some people aren’t very pleased with chewing gum. Explain.
The people who run our cities dislike gum because they have to clean it off the pavements (so
that people don't step in it.) (l.30-32)