How does Captain Arsenio react to the challenges he faces?

He blames everything on someone else.

He repeats what has worked for him in the past.

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

They provide more detail about his experiments.

They discuss the people who helped him build his machines.

They talk about where he learned to build flight machines.

They explain why he stopped his experiments.

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 not a very successful individual.

He is a very intelligent individual.

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

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

He did not have enough words to complete the story.

He thought using them would be nice.

He is letting the reader know what he sounds like.

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.

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

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

The narrator thinks it will be successful.

The narrator thinks he is a very intelligent inventor.

The narrator wants to join him.

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 people laugh at you, just stop trying.

What was the Author's purpose for writing Captain Arsenio?

To entertain the reader with a story about different attempts in flight

To persuade the reader to try each of his inventions

To inform the reader about a story that contributed to aviation.

To persuade the reader to increase their knowledge in physics

"Scientists , philosophers, and even crazy people all have been pioneers of aviations, and each has made a different contribution ." What does the word contribution mean?

A person who helps to make something

A person who waits for something to be created

A person who doesn't like to work

A person who refuses to help make something

What final hint does the narrator give, that captain Arsenio may have succeeded in his efforts to fly?

By saying that most people insist his book had landed on the surface of the moon.

By saying that his book was founded buried near Cairo, Egypt.

By saying that his book was buried under a pile of rusty metal junk

By saying that people think it was in a chest at the bottom of the sea

In the story Captain Arsenio is compared to the Wright brothers? Why?

Both were described as pioneers of aviation

Both had great knowledge of physics and mechanics

Both were proven to make successful inventions in aviation

What details from the story might make readers think, Captain Arsenio was a real person?

The way the story describes how he was a contributor in flight such as the Wright Brothers.

The way the story says that he tides birds together to fly in the sky

The way the story describes how he survived a 208 feet fall.

The way the story describes his silly attempts in flight.

Captain Arsenio Assessment

Quiz

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English

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5th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.5.1, RL.4.3, RL.5.2

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Craig Burden

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27 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Which character trait best describes Captain Arsenio?

Hopless

Determined

Sad

Annoyed

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the genre of Captain Arsenio?

Non-fiction

Science-Fiction

Folktale

Fantasy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Captain Arsenio was very successful in all his other jobs. (cheese master, blacksmith, scuba diver, ship captain).

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

Literary elements include:

Characters

Setting

Events

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

How do we know about Captain Arsenio?

His diary was found years ago.

He was in the newspaper.

People learned about him from TV.

He was famous for being a scuba diver.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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