Thomas Edison Quizziz

What is the article mostly about?

• the lightbulb

• a former teacher

• a young inventor

What happened when Edison got scarlet fever?

• he began reading books

• he lost some of his hearing

• he stopped asking questions

How does the author organize the ideas in the two paragraphs on page 364?

• by using cause and effect

• by showing a problem and its solution

• by comparing and contrasting information

What was Edison's first job?

• inventor

• paper boy

• railroad worker

How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?

• He was often daydreaming

• He spend all day at the library

• He studied the great inventors

Why did Edison lost his job at the railroad station?

• He was sleeping at work

• He set up a lab in the station

• He started a fire in the building

What did Edison do while he was in Boston?

• got in trouble with Congress

• started a fire in a railroad car

• got his first patent on an invention