Louis Braille

Louis Braille

5th Grade

10 Qs

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Louis Braille

Louis Braille

Assessment

Quiz

History, English

5th Grade

Hard

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What caused Louis Braille's blindness?
Scarlet fever
Smallpox
Injury by a sharp object
He was born blind

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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What is the book genre of this book on Louis Braille we just read?
Autobiography
Encyclopedia
Biography
Tall Tale

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following could be a self-to-text connection a reader could make after reading Louis Braille?
Sometimes groups of people in the world are treated unfairly like Louis. 
The setting of the story takes place in Paris and I recently read a book about France. 
Louis was admired by many people just like my favorite celebrity.  
Like Louis, things don't always work out for me but I try not to feel bad for myself.  

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Who provided inspiration for Louis Braille's invention of a method of reading and writing for the blind?
Samuel Morse
Charles Barbier
Louis' mother
Helen Keller

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following is a fact about blind people during the time of Louis Braille's life?
Parents should teach their blind children at home instead of sending them to school. 
Blind people often did not receive a formal education. 
Everyone thought blind people were not as smart as those that could see. 
Schools for the blind were everywhere so it was easy for Louis to find one to attend. 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Louis Braille had created the Braille system by age 15.  Blind students readily accepted and learned the new code, but their teachers resisted it.  Which of the following is a fact about the Braille system that the teachers complained about. 
They would need learn the new code also.
The punching noise was too loud.  
The raised dots would wear down too quickly in textbooks.  
Blind students would do a better job with raised letters of the alphabet instead of dots.  

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following text-to-text connections could be made after reading Louis Braille?
I recently read a book about the Civil War and I liked it just as much as I liked Louis Braille. 
The Louis Braille story reminded me of when I read about Helen Keller. 
Louis would have probably liked living in the US better because there are more opportunities for blind people.
The school Louis attended had many of the same classes that schools today offer.  

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