Start Your Engines!

In paragraph 4, the word "vehicle" means something that

• leads to questions

• takes years to create

• moves people and goods

• encourages people to invent

Why was Nicolas Joseph Cugnot's invention able to move by itself?

• It used steam.

• It had wheels.

• It was very large.

• It was very strong.

Read this sentence from paragraph 11.

Yet they had drawbacks, too.

The word "drawbacks" shows that the electric car

• was not quickly accepted by the public

• changed the way that people traveled

• did not provide a perfect solution

• used batteries for power

How do paragraphs 10 through 15 support a main idea of the passage?

• by discussing how several inventors improved cars

• by listing the names of countries to show how far apart they are

• by describing the condition of the streets to show the need for better roads

• by showing that drivers had to be stopped because their cars were going too fast

The first gas-powered cars were an improvement on the electric car because the gas-powered cars

• did not cost much

• did not smell bad

• were able to travel further

• made less noise when driven

How are paragraphs 14 through 17 connected?

• They show a problem that existed and explain how Henry Ford solved it.

• They describe the order of steps to move a Model T from the factory to the roads.

• They compare the number of parts in a Model T to the number of parts in other cars.

• They explain the effect of typical earnings on the people who worked for Henry Ford.

The headings divide the passage by the

• use for automobiles

• changes in automobiles

• inventors of automobiles

• popularity of automobiles