"The Flying Machine" by Ray Bradbury Review

What is the setting of this story?

• 400 AD in China

• 1200 AD in China

• 2020 AD in Japan

• 1800 AD in the United States

What did the servant and the emperor do together?

• Read poetry

• Eat cake

• Drank tea

• Sword fight

What could the Emperor and the Servant see in the green hills?

• Temple of Heaven

• Great Wall of China

• Forbidden City

• Great Mountains

Which miniature object had the emperor made?

• A garden

• A flying machine

• A sailboat

• A wall

What had the inventor used to make a flying machine?

• Tree bark

• Copper

• Paper

• Jewels

What did the emperor fear?

• An evil man

• A creative man

• A tall man

• A smart man

What did the executioner use to execute the inventor?

• A bronze dagger

• A silver ax

• A golden arrow

• A silver sword

Who else had seen the inventor flying in the sky?

• A farmer

• A soldier

• A scholar

• A school boy

True or False? The emperor thought the inventor was an evil man.

• True

• False

True or False? The Emperor wanted to keep the flying machine a secret.

• True

• False