Answer the questions about What Makes a Fad?
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
a. to give examples of fads
b. to explain what a fad is
c. to show how fads become popular
2. A fad stops being a fad when _________.
a. it becomes very popular
b. older people start to like it
c. people don't think it’s cool anymore
3. According to the article, people stopped buying the Rubik's Cube in 1983 because ________.
a. it was very difficult to solve
b. books gave away the secrets to solving it
c. so many people already had one
4. What helped “Gangnam Style” become such a huge worldwide hit?
a. the Internet
b. television
c. the radio
5. In line 17, what does “faded in popularity” mean?
a. became less popular
b. continued to be popular
c. became a fad
