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This is the message on the small piece of paper inside my fortune cookies. I am at the Golden Dragon, a Chinese restaurant in New York. In a lot of Chinese restaurants in the USA and Europe, it is common for the waiter to bring fortune cookies when you finish your meal. So most people think that the home of these special biscuits is China. But they are wrong. The story of fortune cookies goes back to 1915, and the clever idea of Makoto Hagiwara, a Japanese American from San Francisco. You can find fortune cookies in China, but only in the last few years-since 1993, in fact. Tourists like them, but they are not popular with Chinese people because there is a lot of sugar in them. In fact, not many people like the taste of fortune cookies. They are very dry and hard is a common opinion. People like them because it is fun to break them and read the message inside. Questions 1) Fortune cookies are common a) All over the world b) In China c) In France d) In the USA and Europe 2) People eat fortune cookies in Chinese restaurants a) At the end of the meal b) At the beginning of the meal c) Before the meal d) They dont eat them 3) Fortune cookies are a) Nearly 50 years old b) Nearly 60 years old c) Nearly 100 years old d) Nearly 200 years old 4) Fortune cookies are popular because a) They have messages inside b) They taste good c) They are cheap d) They are delicious 5) Fortune cookies come from a) China b) Japan c) Taiwan d) The USA