Practice for Test on Captain Arsenio

Based on the narrator's description of Captain Arsenio, the reader can infer that the narrator...

• Believes CA is not really trying to succeed at flying.

• Thinks CA is not an intelligent person.

• Views his experiments with respect.

• Thinks his experiments were a waste of time.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Captain Arsenio's flight diary entries...

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

• provide more detail about his experiments.

• explain why he stopped his experiments.

• talk about where he learned to build flight machines.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

What is one of the main ideas of the section titled "The End and The Beginning"?

• CA was bad at everything he tried.

• CA always had easy jobs.

• CA was not interested in most of the things he tried.

• CA had jobs most people would have enjoyed.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

The narrator hints at Captain Arsenio's firmness during his flight experiments. What does the narrator mean by firmness?

• CA was humorous.

• CA was grateful.

• CA was intelligent.

• CA was determined.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

The jet engine was an important _________ to air travel.

• impulse

• contribution

• circumstances

• prototype

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

When I saw a pecan pie sitting on the table, I wanted to grab a knife, cut myself a big slice, and eat it right away. Which vocabulary word am I describing?

• impulse

• conceived

• distinguished

• eccentric

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a prototype?

• a legal document for an invention

• a plan for how to create something

• a rough model created to test something

• a rough draft of an essay

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

What is a quality of someone who is distinguished?

• tired

• unknown

• respected

• lazy

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

The __________ of the car around the curve caused it to run off the road.

• contribution

• acceleration

• impulse

• prototype

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The ________ inventor was always working on odd projects in his basement.

• evidently

• circumstances

• passionate

• eccentric

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4