Inventing the Future

A __________ is a story about a real person's life written by someone else.

• autobiography

• biography

• narrative

Thomas Edison moved to Boston in 1868. What other famous inventor was also living in the area?

• William Henry Harrison

• Albert Einstein

• Alexander Graham Bell

What was Edison's first patent for?

• the telephone

• the electric vote recorder

• the phonograph

When did Edison marry his wife Mary Stilwell?

• June 1993

• Thanksgiving Day 1870

• Christmas Day 1871

Thomas Edison had children that he lovingly called Dot and Dash, named after the sound a ___________ makes.

• telegraph

• phonograph

• lightbulb

Thomas Edison was more interested in work than he was in his family.

• true

• false

What nickname did Edison give his crew of fellow inventors?

• Eddies

• Muckers

• Makers

What nursery rhyme did Edison speak into the phonograph?

• Humpty Dumpty

• Ms. Mary Mack

• Mary Had a Little Lamb

What invention did Edison refer to as "his baby"?

• the lightbulb

• the phonograph

• the telephone

Where was the first commercially successful electric power station set up?

• Los Angeles, CA

• Boston, MA

• New York City, NY