Reading Activity

1.The passage is mostly about

• successful young inventors.

• a father who likes to take things apart.

• a girl who knows a lot about how things work.

2.Paragraph 2 tells mainly about

• a birthday gift.

• Dawn’s inventions.

• a science fair.

3.Which of these is the best summary of the passage?

• A young girl uses her abilities to make inventions and repair things.

• Inventing things can be fun and rewarding.

• Young inventors often participate in science fairs.

4.What did Dawn give her brother for his birthday?

• a battery operated car

• an automatic crayon sharpener

• an electric toaster

5.For this year’s Young Inventors Fair, Dawn is working on

• an automatic crayon sharpener.

• a battery operated car

• a solar-powered desk lamp.

6.What happened first when the toaster broke?

• Dawn’s mother said that it worked better than before.

• Dawn repaired it.

• Dawn’s father took it apart.

7.Who is the narrator in the passage?

• Dawn’s mother

• Dawn’s friend

• Dawn’s brother

8.The words “Dawn came to the rescue” mean that

• Dawn solved someone else’s problems.

• Dawn saved her father from danger.

• Dawn enjoys making her own inventions.

9.“I know my family is lucky to have someone like her around. Dad is especially (fortunate). He is much better at breaking things than he is at fixing things. In this passage 'fortunate' means

• patient

• embarrassed

• lucky

10.Dad’s problem is that

• he always breaks things and does not know how to fix them.

• Dawn can fix the things he breaks.

• he taught Dawn everything she knows.