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The cheese is aged in caves cut into the hillside, where the temperature stays at 12 degrees all year round. Each wheel is turned by hand every week and brushed with salt water, a job that one family has done for six generations.

According to the text, why is the cheese aged in the caves?

  1. A. Because the temperature in the caves stays the same all year.Correct
  2. B. Because the caves are close to the family's house.
  3. C. Because the caves are full of salt.
  4. D. Because the cheese must be kept in the dark.

Answer: A. Because the temperature in the caves stays the same all year.

A constant 12 degrees.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Because the caves are close to the family's house.
Location is not mentioned.
C. Because the caves are full of salt.
Salt water is brushed on; the caves are not salty.
D. Because the cheese must be kept in the dark.
Darkness is not mentioned.

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