The Boy Behind Braille questions

Which statement is most important to include in a summary of this selection?

• Louis Braille was unable to stay in public schools to continue his education.

• Louis Braille developed a system that made reading and writing easier for blind people.

• Louis Braille rose to the top of his class even though he was blind.

• Louis Braille learned a coded system developed by an army officer that taught him how to read.

Read the flow chart about the reading selection at the bottom of the passage. Which event belongs in the empty box?

• Louis Braille met an Army officer with a system for reading in the dark.

• The first Braille book was published when Louis Braille was eighteen years old.

• Louis Braille developed systems to represent numbers and musical notes.

• Blind people around the world can read because of Louis Braille.

In paragraph 5, the word discriminating means -

• believing statements

• remembering events

• inventing processes

• judging differences

Determine the main purpose of this selection.

• To entertain students with a story about the Braille system.

• To persuade students to learn to read using the Braille system.

• To teach students how to read using the Braille system.

• To inform students about the development of the Braille system.

Which question is answered in paragraph 6?

• How did Louis Braille discover an idea for helping blind people?

• How did letters pressed into paper first help blind people read?

• What did Louis Braille do when his parents suggested he go to another school?

• Why couldn't soldiers use a light to read?

Read this sentence from paragraph 8.

Discovering a system that worked was an uphill climb.

This sentence implies that discovering a system was -

• satisfying

• exercising

• exciting

• challenging

Because Louis Braille had difficulty using the reading system for the blind that was available during his childhood, he -

• formed letters from copper wire

• attended a special private school

• developed another touch method

• asked his brother to read to him

What makes this passage a biography? Choose all correct answers.

• The passage tells a fictional story based on history.

• The passage is about events from Louis Braille's life.

• The passage focuses on real people and events.

• The passage focuses on advancements in technology and the future.

• The passage includes details that may be untrue or exaggerated.

Which sentence from the selection best supports the idea that young Louis Braille had determination?

• "At first Louis Braille went to public school with his sisters and his brother."

• "Braille proved that a blind child could learn."

• "His idea came from a totally unexpected source."

• "He worked only with dots since he had quickly decided that dashes took up too much space."

Read this portion of a sentence from paragraph 7 and answer the question.

"Braille was sure he could work out a simpler version that blind people could figure out."

What is the author implying?

• Louis Braille became frustrated by failure.

• Louis Braille was interested in science.

• Louis Braille was driven toward a goal.

• Louis Braille wanted others to know many languages.