Mixed practice test 2, Grade 2 — question 9 of 24
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Making Tamales
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Every December, Luis helped his grandma make tamales. This year his job was to spread the masa on the corn husks.
His first tamal was lumpy. The masa was too thick, and it squeezed out the sides. Luis frowned and pushed the bowl away.
Grandma did not fix it for him. Instead, she held up her own first tamal of the day. It was lumpy too. "Mine always look like that at first," she said. "Use the back of the spoon, and go slowly."
Luis tried again. This time the masa was thin and smooth. By the end of the day he had made twenty tamales, and Grandma said his were the best ones on the plate.
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What was wrong with Luis's first tamal?
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