The Inventors Secret
Henry Ford invented the first __________.
Automobile
William lived in what country?
Africa
Marilyn Hamilton invented the first ________
after a handgliding accident made her paralized.
Specialized wheelchair
Captain Arsenio was a ____________ cheesemaker, ship captain, blacksmith and scuba diver.
A. Careless
B. Great
C. passionate
A. careless
What vowel sound is heard in the word .....either
Long e
Thomas Jefferson invented the __________.
Long lasting light bulb
William's family was in trouble because they could not grow corn. Why?
A. They ran out of seeds
B. The drought
C. The birds ate the corn
B. The drought
A specialized wheelchair ___________.
A. is lighter than a regular wheelchair
B. has a wider wheelbase
C. Has a lower seat
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
True or false; Captain Arsenio used seagulls in his first flying attempt?
False, he used canaries
What vowel sound is heard in the word .....layer
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a phonograph______
A. Plays back sounds
B. Takes pictures
C. Moves objects
A. Plays back sounds
William began his plans to build a windmill to produce _________ to irrigate the crops.
A. Rain
B. wind
C. Energy/Electricity
C. Energy/Electicity
Dr. Guttmann believed __________ could get his paralyzed patients out of bed.
A. sports
B. singing
C. painting
A. sports
Captain Arsenio developed very eccentric projects.
Eccentric means:
A. successful
B. Odd
C. secretive
B. odd
What vowel sound is heard in the word .....flight
Long I
A patent is a legal document that you get for an invention that makes it so ________
No one else can make or sell it.
William found inspiration for building a windmill from ____
A. a book in the library
B. TV
C. The internet
A. A book in the library
In 1960, the first _________________ was held in Rome.
A. Paralyzed concert
B. Paralyzed surgery
C. Paralympics
C. paralympics
The Motocanary and the Flying Runner both used ______ to take flight.
A. a tredmill
B. wing power
C. electicity
B. Wing Power
What vowel sound is heard in the word .....odor
Long o
The inventors secret is what genre of text?
A. Poem
B. Fiction
C. Narrative nonfiction
C. Narrative Nonfiction
When he was 19, William spoke at a TED talk. He spoke about
A. His favorite music
B. His windmill creation
C. His family
B. His windmill creation
The most elite player is _______
A. The tallest
B. The loudest
C. The most skilled
c. the most skilled
According to his diary entries, Arsenio was found to be very ___________ when dealing with his multiple failures at flight.
A. Optimistic
B. Pessamistic
A. Optimistic
What vowel sound is heard in the word .....spy
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