The Inventors Secret
Winds of Hope
Wheelchair Sports
Captain Arsenio
Vowel sounds
100

Henry Ford invented the first __________.

Automobile

100

William lived in what country?

Africa

100

Marilyn Hamilton invented the first ________

after a handgliding accident made her paralized.

Specialized wheelchair

100

Captain Arsenio was a ____________ cheesemaker, ship captain, blacksmith and scuba diver.

A. Careless

B. Great

C. passionate

A. careless

100

What vowel sound is heard in the word .....either

Long e

200

Thomas Jefferson invented the __________.

Long lasting light bulb

200

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

200

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

200

True or false; Captain Arsenio used seagulls in his first flying attempt?

False, he used canaries

200

What vowel sound is heard in the word .....layer

long a

300

a phonograph______

A. Plays back sounds

B. Takes pictures

C. Moves objects

A. Plays back sounds

300

William began his plans to build a windmill to produce _________ to irrigate the crops.

A. Rain

B. wind

C. Energy/Electricity

C. Energy/Electicity

300

Dr. Guttmann believed __________ could get his paralyzed patients out of bed.

A. sports

B. singing

C. painting

A. sports

300

Captain Arsenio developed very eccentric projects.

Eccentric means:

A. successful

B. Odd

C. secretive 

B. odd

300

What vowel sound is heard in the word .....flight

Long I

400

A patent is a legal document that you get for an invention that makes it so ________

No one else can make or sell it.

400

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

400

In 1960, the first _________________ was held in Rome.

A. Paralyzed concert

B. Paralyzed surgery

C. Paralympics

C. paralympics

400

The Motocanary and the Flying Runner both used ______ to take flight.

A. a tredmill

B. wing power

C. electicity

B. Wing Power

400

What vowel sound is heard in the word .....odor

Long o

500

The inventors secret is what genre of text?

A. Poem

B. Fiction

C. Narrative nonfiction


C. Narrative Nonfiction

500

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

500

The most elite player is _______

A. The tallest

B. The loudest

C. The most skilled

c. the most skilled

500

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

500

What vowel sound is heard in the word .....spy

long I

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