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Martha is not a good cook. One Christmas, Martha decides to make a Christmas pudding in the microwave oven. She follows every step in the recipe and gets each family member to stir the mixture for good luck.

When it's time to cook the pudding, Martha can't believe that 10 minutes will be enough. She decides to use her normal oven cooking time of 50 minutes.

Martha watches TV while the pudding cooks. She doesn't see or hear the pudding smoking and popping in the microwave oven. When she finally takes out the pudding, it smells of burnt sugar and looks like a ball of tar.

The hard black pudding ball is stuck to the bottom of the bowl. Martha has to use a screwdriver to get it out. As she lifts it, the black Christmas pudding ball goes flying across the room. Martha's dog, Monty, catches it.

Monty loves his new toy. He plays with it all the time and it lasts until the next Christmas.

What kind of oven did Martha use to bake the pudding?
microwave oven
regular oven
toaster oven
microwave oven Which kind of oven cooks the fastest?
regular oven
toaster oven
microwave oven
microwave oven This story is
scary
sad
funny
funny The pudding looks like a ball of tar. What color is tar?
black
green
brown
black What is the pudding baking time according to the recipe?
10 minutes
50 minutes
It doesn't say in the story.
10 minutes How long does a pudding bake in a regular oven?
10 minutes
50 minutes
It doesn't say in the story.
50 minutes How long does Monty's pudding ball last?
1 hour
1 day
1 year
1 year
What does Martha use to unstick the pudding from the bowl?
a screwdriver
a fork
a knife
a screwdriver What does Martha do while the pudding baked?
She plays with her dog.
She watches the oven.
She watches TV.
She watches TV. Why does the pudding smoke and pop when it is in the oven?
The liquid in it is exploding.
It is cooking too long and is burning.
It has popcorn in it.
It is cooking too long and is burning.

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