Wheelchair Sports: Hang Glider to Wheeler-Dealer
Authored by Rosa Rodriguez
English
5th Grade
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension through an informational text about wheelchair sports and adaptive technology innovation. The questions are appropriately designed for 5th grade students, requiring them to demonstrate literal comprehension, vocabulary understanding in context, analysis of technical details, and synthesis of main ideas. Students need strong foundational reading skills to extract specific information from the passage, determine word meanings based on contextual clues, and identify cause-and-effect relationships between historical events and technological developments. The content integrates social studies themes about overcoming challenges and innovation with technical concepts about wheelchair design, demanding that students process both narrative elements about Marilyn Hamilton's personal journey and factual information about medical applications of sports therapy. Created by Rosa Rodriguez, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for assessing students' ability to comprehend informational texts while building awareness about adaptive sports and assistive technology. Teachers can use this as a formative assessment after reading the passage aloud as a class, assign it for independent practice to reinforce close reading skills, or incorporate it into homework to extend learning beyond the classroom. The quiz works particularly well for review sessions before standardized testing, as it mirrors the format and rigor students will encounter on formal assessments. This assessment aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4 for determining word meanings, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 for identifying main ideas and supporting details in informational texts.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What made Marilyn Hamilton invent the Quickie wheelchair?
She wanted to compete in the Paralympics.
She wanted a lighter and faster wheelchair to play sports in.
She wanted to play tennis without getting blisters on her hands.
She wanted to expand the range of sports athletes could participate in.
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CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After Marilyn Hamilton’s hang gliding accident, she felt imprisoned in her wheelchair. What does the word imprisoned mean as it is used here?
weak
injured
trapped
stationary
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CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.5.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How are negative cambered wheels different from traditional wheelchair wheels?
They are wider, which gives them more grip.
They are lighter, which means they move faster and go farther.
They are straighter, which gives them a higher center of gravity.
They are angled, which means the wheels are closer to a person’s body and easier to push harder.
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CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.3
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.3
CCSS.RI.6.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was one result of Dr. Ludwig Guttmann’s idea to use activity as medicine?
Fleeing soldiers left England before the Second World War.
Soldiers experienced kidney infections and painful bedsores
Soldiers with spinal cord injuries created Mandeville Hospital.
Injured soldiers regained their strength and went home to live healthy lives
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CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence best summarizes the passage?
Wheelchairs allow previously injured athletes to continue living an active lifestyle.
Wheelchair polo and wheelchair basketball help patients recover from spinal cord injuries.
Patients with spinal cord injuries are required to play wheelchair sports to keep them out of bed.
The sports wheelchair has a lower center of mass and a wider wheelbase than traditional wheelchairs.
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CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RI.6.2
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