All Aboard! Selection Test

What does quality mean?

• how difficult something is to make

• how easy something is to make

• how slowly something is made

• how well something is made

What does the word examined mean?

• spoke quietly

• turned loosely

• balanced evenly

• looked at closely

Which word means almost the SAME as the

word solutions?

• answers

• beliefs

• ideas

• skills

What does the word simple mean?

• busy

• not difficult

• messy

• nosy

If you encouraged a friend, it means you gave him

• comfort.

• freedom.

• confidence

• sympathy.

In the beginning of the story, why does Elijah think the

boss offered him the job of “ashcat” instead of engineer?

• because the boss was not a good engineer

• because the boss was mean to everyone

• because Elijah was not white

• because Elijah was a kid

In the selection, what is meant by the phrase grease

the pig?

• add oil to the engine

• add oil to the oil cup

• heat the water in the boiler

• shovel coal into the firebox

Why did the train stop frequently?

• The wheels got stuck

• The engine kept falling apart.

• There were a lot of stops on the route.

• The train stopped whenever the oil ran out.

What did Elijah McCoy invent that made train travel

faster and safer?

• an oil cup

• quicker wheels

• a larger firebox

• an efficient engine

What is the MAIN idea of the selection?

• Elijah McCoy’s oil cup worked!

• Elijah McCoy filed 57 patents during his lifetime.

• Elijah McCoy’s oil cup made train travel faster

  and safer.

• Elijah McCoy followed his dream his entire life and

  it led him to great inventions.