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.

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.

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.

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.

The jet engine was an important _________ to air travel.

• impulse

• contribution

• circumstances

• prototype

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

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

What is a quality of someone who is distinguished?

• tired

• unknown

• respected

• lazy

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

• contribution

• acceleration

• impulse

• prototype

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

• evidently

• circumstances

• passionate

• eccentric