Young Thomas Edison - Comprehension

What is this article MOSTLY about?

• light bulb

• teacher

• a young inventor

• telegraph

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What happened when Edison got scarlet fever?

• He started reading books

• He lost some of his hearing

• He stopped asking questions

• He started doing experiments

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What was Edison's FIRST job?

• inventor

• railroad worker

• telegraph operator

• paperboy

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How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?

• He was always daydreaming

• He spent all day at the library

• He studied the great inventors

• He got a job selling newspapers

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What happened after Edison lost his job?

• He invented the light bulb

• He set up a lab in New Jersey

• He made money selling newspapers

• He traveled around working as a telegraph operator

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What did Edison do while he was in Boston?

• got in trouble with congress

• started a fire in a railroad car

• invented the electric light bulb

• got his first patent on invention

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Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?

• He was reading

• He started a fire

• He set up a lab

• He was sleeping at work

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Why did people start to call Edison the Wizard?

• He hired lots of people

• he made many invention

• he always asked questions

• he blew up a large number of things

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Which sentence from the article shows that Edison's mother kept helping him after he left home?

• Mrs. Edison made sure he got excellent education

• He would miss her letters - her advice and encouragement.

• Al's mom took him out of school after only 3 months

• He went home and set up a laboratory

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Young Thomas Edison built an _____ to send a message every hour.

• airplane

• idea

• exercise

• invention

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