What is the main idea of the section titled “The End and the Beginning”?

• Captain Arsenio always had easy jobs.

• Captain Arsenio was bad at everything he tried.

• Captain Arsenio had jobs most people would have enjoyed doing.

• Captain Arsenio was not interested in most of the things he had tried

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Paragraph 4 says that Captain Arsenio showed determination during his flight experiments. What is the meaning of determination as it is used in paragraph 4?

• humor

• gratitude

• will power

• intelligence

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How does Captain Arsenio react to the challenges he faces?

• He gives up easily.

• He keeps trying new things.

• He blames everything on someone else.

• He repeats what has worked for him in the past.

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How do the entries from Captain Arsenio’s flight diary compare with the other sections of the passage?

• They discuss the people who helped him build his machines.

• They talk about where he learned to build flight machines.

• They provide more detail about his experiments.

• They explain why he stopped his experiments.

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In paragraph 3 the narrator tells us that Captain Arsenio's jobs were the easiest but yet he was not good in any of them. What can we infer about him?

• He is a very intelligent individual.

• He needs to work for NASA.

• He is a rich man.

• He is not a very successful individual.

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Why do you think the author used Captain Arsenio's journal entries in the story?

• He did not have enough words to complete the story.

• He thought using them would be nice.

• He is letting the reader know what Captain Arsenio is thinking.

• He is letting the reader know what he sounds like.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

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In paragraph 11 the author says, " The acceleration of the runner would allow- according to his plans- the wings to beat up and down in imitation of a bird's flight and lift the machine off the ground." What does he mean by acceleration?

• The bird that is following him.

• The wings beating up and down.

• The act of running fast.

• Lifting off the ground.

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In paragraph 13 the narrator states, "Obvious results", what does that suggest about Captain Arsenio's project number 3 "Corkscrewpterus"?

• The narrator thinks it will be successful.

• The narrator thinks he is a very intelligent inventor.

• The narrator wants to join him.

• The narrator does not have much trust in his new invention.

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From Captain Arsenio's journal entry in paragraph 8, what word describes him the best?

• funny

• imaginative

• crazy

• friendly

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What lesson does the author teach us using Captain Arsenio's misadventures?

• If at first you don't succeed keep trying.

• If the birds don't help you fly use another item.

• If nothing works use balloons.

• If people laugh at you, just stop trying.

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