All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine Comprehension

The genre for All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine is

• realistic fiction

• narrative nonfiction

• biography

• expository text

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Elijah waited for his father's machine to break because

• he liked new machines

• he enjoyed tinkering with tools

• he didn't like loud machines

• he wanted his dad to play with him

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Elijah's dream job?

• he wanted to be a grease monkey

• he wanted to be an ashcat

• he wanted to be a mechanical engineer

• he wanted to be conductor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Elijah could not find a job as a mechanical engineer because he was black.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Which sentence is a metaphor?

• People called it the Iron Horse.

• The steam locomotive was exciting.

• What a letdown!

• But Elijah needed work, so he took the job.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Elijah's main purpose was to invent something so trains would stop breaking down all the time.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Elijah's invention?

• a steam engine

• an electric train

• an automated oil cup

• a robotic coal shoveler

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How long did it take Elijah to make a model of the cup?

• 2 days

• 2 weeks

• 2 months

• 2 years

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CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

What does it mean to want "The Real McCoy"?

• you want an oil cup

• you want rubber shoe heels

• you only want the original inventor's product

• you think a person is an imposter

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6