Young Thomas Edison: Vocabulary and Comprehension

What is this story mostly about?

• The lightbulb

• A former teacher

• A young inventor

• The first telegraph

Why did Edison's mother take him out of school?

• He hated school.

• She wanted him to get a job.

• He was sick with scarlet fever.

• She wanted to teach him at home.

How was Edison's behavior at home different from his behavior at school?

• At home, he was shy and quiet.

• At home, he asked many questions.

• At home, he spent his time daydreaming.

• At home, he had many ideas for experiments.

Where was Edison's first laboratory?

• in his house

• at his school

• in New Jersey

• at a railroad office

How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?

• He was often daydreaming.

• He spent all day at the library.

• He studied the great inventors.

• He got a job selling newspapers.

Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?

• He was sleeping at work.

• He set up a lab in the station.

• He started a fire in the building.

• He spent his work hours reading.

What happened right after Edison lost his job at the railroad station?

• He invented the light bulb.

• He set up a lab in New Jersey.

• He made money selling newspapers.

• He traveled around working as a telegraph operator.

What did Edison do when Congress would not buy his Electrical Vote Recorder?

• He stopped working.

• He got advice from his mother.

• He moved on to other inventions.

• He tried to sell it to someone else.

Why did people start to call Edison "The Wizard"?

• He hired lots of people.

• He made many inventions.

• He always asked questions.

• He blew up a large number of things.

What is the genre of this story?

• fantasy

• biography

• tall tale

• narrative nonfiction