Louie's Code - Passage

Read this sentence from paragraph 2.

"As Louis's fingers explored the patters, he felt a flutter of excitement."

By using the words "flutter of excitement," the author --

• sets the mood for the rest of the passage

• allows the reader to better connect with Louis

• explains why Louis wanted to attend the Royal Institute

• describes the reasons for Charles Barbier’s visit

Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 3?

• Louis was often in trouble for poor behavior at his local school.

• Louis was upset about losing his sight and felt sad about it.

• Louis was able to successfully read and write at his local school.

• Louis wanted to do more than just listen to his teachers.

Which words from paragraph 4 help the reader understand the meaning of the word discouraged?

• he was ten years old

• received a scholarship

• that he could feel

• long time to figure out

Read this sentence from paragraph 5.

"Louis couldn't stop thinking about the idea, and anytime he wasn't in class, he was poking holes in paper, trying to improve "night-writing" into something better for blind people."

Based on this sentence, the reader can predict that Louis will —

• be successful with his idea

• write a book in the future

• get poor grades in his classes

• work closely with Charles Barbier

Read this sentence from paragraph 7

"His teacher encouraged Louis to teach it to other students at the Royal Institute and a whole new world was opened to them!"

The author uses the figurative expression "a whole new world" to emphasize that the students —

• could travel around the globe

• were now able to read and write

• were lucky to have Louis as a friend

• could help Louis sell books in his new code

Which of these ideas is supported by information in paragraph 9?

• Louis’s ideas had limits.

• Louis was hard working.

• Louis traveled around the world

• Louis’s books were expensive to publish.

The author wrote this selection most likely to —

• share how the Braille system was developed

• give details about events in Louis Braille’s life

• explain how people use Braille to read and write

• describe the relationship between Charles Barbier and Louis Braille

What is the best summary of “Louis’s Code”?

• Louis Braille became blind. Then, he went to a school in Paris. He learned how to read and write with his fingers. Then, he wrote books about how to use a code he heard about from Charles Barbier. He then became a teacher.

• Louis Braille met a man named Charles Barbier. He then became blind and thought Charles could help him make a code to help blind people read and write. He wrote some books about his code and then shared the code with the other students at his school.

• Louis Braille was a blind boy who wanted to help people like him. He took a system made by Charles Barbier and made it easier to use. He showed his code to the students at school and then shared it with others. His code helps blind people all around the world to read and write.

• Louis Braille was unhappy at his school, so he went to a school in Paris that had books. He decided he could make the books better and invented a code that blind people could use to read and write. He met Charles Barbier who helped him make the code better. Then, he became a teacher and taught his code to many students.