Wheelchair Sports: Hand Glider to Wheeler Dealer

What caused Marlyn Hamilton to break her back?

• She was in a horrific car accident

• she was born with a broken back

• She forgot to clip her harness to the glider and crashed

• She forgot to attach her wheelchair to the glider

How did Hamilton feel when she first began to play tennis in a wheelchair?

• She was frustrated and changed to hand gliding instead

• She loved it and had a positive attitude about it

• She as excited but a little nervous about the fact it was ugly

• She was frustrated and felt trapped by the wheelchair

Using the context clues, what is the meaning of persuade.

Choose the correct context clues and meaning.

• Two friends, Them to build her: persuade means to talk someone into doing or believing something

• Two friends, made hand gliders: persuade means to make something

• Build a New wheelchair: persuade means: to invent something new

• Two friends, hand glider technology: persuade means finding a new way to improve an idea

What is the main idea of Wheelchair Sports?

• A lady named Marilyn Hamilton was injured and confined to a wheelchair and was frustrated that she could no longer be active in sports.

• There is now a new technology that led to a new kind of wheelchair specifically for sports.

• A lady named Marilyn Hamilton was injured in hand gliding and was confined to a wheelchair. Her determination to continue sports lead to new technology for wheelchairs.

What central idea of the text do the images on pages 50 and 51 support? (What do the pictures help prove?)

• The images prove that because of the wheels being straight with the sides of the chair, the person in the wheelchair must be more careful not to tip it over

• The images prove that the wheel chairs wheels need to be angled to make it harder for the wheelchair to tip over

• The images prove that they are unsure on how to improve wheelchairs to keep them from tipping over

• The images prove that it is better for the wheels on a wheelchair to be straight up and down rather than angled to keep the chair from tipping over

How does the design of the Quickie wheelchair meet the needs of athletes?

• heavier objects are harder to push, would go faster with the same push and it is harder to slow down

• Lighter objects are harder to push, would go slower with the same push and it is easier to slow down

• Lighter objects are easier to push, would go faster with the same push and it is easier to slow down

• heavier objects are easier to push, would go faster with the same push and it is easier to slow down

How are negative cambered wheels different from wheels on a regular wheelchair?

• Regular wheels make the seat lower, wheels are closer together at the top, the wheels can be reached easily.

  Cambered wheels are vertical, non adjustable seat, allow tipping more easily and wheels are harder to reach

• Chambered wheels make the seat lower, wheels are vertical and allow tipping easily, the wheels can be reached easily.

  Regular wheels are angled at the top, non adjustable seat, allow tipping more easily and wheels are harder to reach

• Chambered wheels make the seat lower, wheels are closer together at the top, the wheels are harder to reach

  Regular wheels are vertical, non adjustable seat, allow tipping more easily and wheels are easier to reach

• Chambered wheels make the seat lower, wheels are closer together at the top, the wheels can be reached easily.

  Regular wheels are vertical, non adjustable seat, allow tipping more easily and wheels are harder to reach

In what way was Dr. Guttman’s idea for helping his patients different from what had been done in the past?

• He used sports as a way to getting patients up to watch them on television

• He used sports as a way of getting patients active and out of bed by building arm muscle with exercise

• He used sports as a way of getting patients up walking and building arm muscle so they could play regular sports

• He tried to use sports to help patients but flopped and it didn’t work, only made things worse for the patients