The Printer by Myron Uhlberg

The boy's father was a printer, which meant he worked on making

• magazines

• music

• hats

• newspapers

What was the father's disability? He couldn't

• walk

• hear

• see

• move

How did the father communicate?

• with his hands

• by talking

• by writing

• by drawing pictures

True or False: His father was the only deaf printer there.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The boy's father was the first to spot a

• leak in the machine

• bank robber

• fire

• water leak

The fire

• didn't do much damage

• spread quickly

• there was no fire

Who was the last to escape?

• the boy's father

• the boss

• his father's friend who could hear

• no one escaped

What mostly "fed" the fire?

• oil from the press

• newspaper

• the wind

How many of the printers had been hurt?

• only 3

• about half of them

• all of them

• none of them

Following the fire,

• a new plant was built

• the plant was repaired and reopened

• no-one ever got a newspaper again

• his father retired