from The Invention of Everything

(7B) The physical conditions in Tesla’s New York hotel room reflect his mental state by being --

• Dusty and forgotten

• Modest and sincere

• Concentrated and orderly

• Chaotic and cluttered

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(5F) The details described in paragraphs 14-16 reveal --

• The significance of helping others in need.

• How difficult it is to replace humans with animals.

• The importance of companionship with animals.

• Tesla’s inability to form a bond with humans.

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(7C) Which event in the story helps the reader understand Nikola’s current conflict?

• Nikola searches for his beloved bird.

• Vuk destroys Nikola’s June bug engine.

• The geriatric pigeon hobbles on a foot that has been twisted.

• The lightning and thunder reminds Nikola of his childhood.

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(9A) For what purpose does the author include details throughout Tesla’s life?

• To highlight Tesla’s childhood

• To show that Tesla’s vivid imagination

• To illustrate the variety of Tesla’s research

• To emphasize the loneliness that Tesla now feels compared to earlier in his life

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(6C) Which of the following sentences BEST shows Tesla’s deep relationship with his birds?

• Out on the ledge of my room, I maintain a small infirmary for injured and geriatric pigeons.

• Though it makes no sense, I think of her as my wife, or at least something like a wife, inasmuch as an inventor could ever have a wife, inasmuch as a bird who can fly could ever love a man who can’t.

• I don’t allow myself to believe it might be her.

• Having lived in American for fifty-nine years, I’ve nearly perfected my relationships with the pigeons, the sparrows, and the starlings of New York City.

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(9E) The story’s first person point of view reveals --

• Tesla’s confusing state of mind

• Tesla’s pride in his work

• Tesla’s fear of recognition

• Tesla’s history with Marconi

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