Read the passage below, and then choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

How to Ice a Vampire

(and live to tell the tale!)

(1) First, you need to cool the vampire cookies. No one likes cold icing on a warm vampire, as it will run. There are so many cookie recipes that it’s difficult to name a favorite, but basic sugar cookie dough works just fine for this trick. Most people have dough recipes handed down from generation to generation, but if you’re just starting from scratch, you might want to look around online for a sugar cookie recipe. Many people review online recipes, so you should end up with great vampire cookies. If you’re really worried or desperate, you could even buy a tube of pre-made cookie dough, but it won’t be the same.

(2) Once the vampire cookies are cool to the touch, it’s time to start the icing. To make the icing, you will need: 4 cups of confectioners’ sugar, ½ cup softened butter, 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract, 1/3 cup of milk, and 3 drops of any food coloring. Grab bowls to hold each different color you create. My favorite coloring is to combine a little blue and red to make a soft purple for the vampire’s base; that seems like a great color to ice a vampire since many vampires are often pictured as corpsely pale. I usually make yellow and red icing, too. Yellow works well for vampiric teeth, and red makes great gobs of blood from its victims. You might also include a dark brown icing for a hair-raising experience.

(3) Now that you have everything ready, it’s time to mix the ingredients together. In a large bowl, cream the butter, and then take turns adding the sugar and milk. Use enough milk so that the icing is semi-thin but not too watery; it’s a delicate balance, so pay careful attention to the mixture. You want icing that your vampires will be proud of! Once you have the right consistency, mix in the vanilla. Finally, divide the icing into several bowls and tint each a different color with the food dyes you’ve chosen.

(4) Icing a vampire has been a tradition in my household for many years. Since this is something that not many people do in preparation for Halloween, we always enjoy watching the puzzled or shocked looks on people’s faces when we say that we are going home to “ice a vampire.” In just a few simple steps, you, too, can ice a vampire and trick all those that you meet!

(5) Icing a vampire properly takes a steady hand and a creative mind. The base icing can be simply spread on the cookie with a knife, so start by giving your cookies their basic “skin” coating. Next, add the vampires’ features, which will take a little imagination. Just like humans, every vampire is different and should be represented as such on the cookies. Some vampires might have furrowed eyebrows while others appear to be friendly—before chomping on a victim, of course! Some might have their fangs hanging in broad daylight while others hide them behind closed lips. The faces on your vampire cookies are only limited to your imagination and your skill with the icing. Use a toothpick or craft stick to scoop and place icing where you want it. These may seem like strange utensils, but their small size will help you manipulate the frosting better. If you like, you can use candy or decorating sprinkles to create facial features, too. Keep making faces until all cookies are iced.

(6) When all the vampires are iced, take a step back and look at your creations, your iced vampires. Seeing all your hard work in the forms of these iced vampires should make you smile, and just think: you can bite them before they bite you. Invite some people over for a Halloween party, and just to make sure that the gang of iced vampires doesn’t crash it, devour their leader with a cool glass of milk before anyone arrives.

1.Which details would you use to support a topic sentence like this one?

After all the baking and icing is done, the clean up must begin.

Select one: a. Details about the process of gathering supplies
b. Details about the utensils, bowls, and other equipment
c. Details about the process of washing dishes
d. All answers given here are correct

2.Which sentence from the conclusion represents a summarizing statement?

Select one: a. When all the vampires are iced, take a step back and look at your creations, your iced vampires.
b. You can bite them before they bite you. 
c. Invite some people over for a Halloween party.
d. To make sure that the gang of iced vampires doesn't crash the party, devour their leader with a cool glass of milk before anyone arrives.

3.Which step is missing from this description of the process?

Select one: a. You need to bake the cookies to cool them. 
b. The cookies need to be iced first to cool them.
c. You need to shop for the ingredients.
d. Nothing--the organization of this process is fine.

4.Content and organization should be revised before you start to check spelling and grammar.

Select one: True False

5.

Editing work occurs first.  Check for wordiness and other sentence mistakes before you worry about content.

Select one:

TrueFalse

6.Use your proofreading skills to determine which section of the following sentence has an error:

I like to name my cookies before I eat them; I always name the first one vlad.

Select one: a. Before I eat them
b. them; I always name
c. the first one vlad d. name my cookies

7.Use your editing skills to select the best sentence:

Select one: a. Icing cookies fun with kids.  b. If you decide to make cookies with young children, be ready for a messy experience.
c. Young little kids like to play with icing and to lick it and lick their finger and lick the knives, so you need to be really, really watch them every minute of the time.
d. Gross behavior can be seen by people baking with their children.

8.Use your proofreading skills to determine which section of the following sentence has an error:

The best thing to drink with cookies is milk, there's something special about the combination of milk and cookies.

Select one: a. cookies is milk, there's something special
b. there's something c. milk and cookies
d. There are no mistakes.

9. True or False: The writer uses quotes correctly in the following example:

According to an article in The Family Journal, "If there are two full moons, you must ice these creations twice. It is bad luck to skip a cycle". 
Select one: True False

10. True or False: Has the writer used quotes correctly in this example?

"Before you can follow the tradition, you must have a certain maturity and respect for the process," Grandma added. Select one: True False

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