Week 24 Reading Quiz: Nonfiction

What caused Louis to become blind?

• He was born blind.

• He slowly lost his eyesight as he got

  older.

• His eyes became infected after he was injured by a tool.

• He was injured by a tool and instantly went blind.

What can you infer the quote, “He opened the doors of knowledge to all those who cannot see,” means?

• Louis held open doors for those who cannot see.

• Louis gave those who cannot see the ability to learn through reading Braille.

• Louis was blind and attended school.

• Louis learned how to read the raised

  letter books at his school.

How did Louis change Charles Barbier’s code?

• He kept it exactly the same but used it in books instead of in the army.

• He used 12 dots instead of 6 dots.

• He combined raised letters with raised

  dots.

• He made it simpler by using 6 dots instead of 12 dots.

What can you infer about Louis based on the fact that he got a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind Youth?

• He was not a very good student.

• He was not learning anything in his

  village.

• He was a determined student.

• He learned by listening.

What is the main idea of the text?

• The life of Louis Braille and how he invented

  a better way for the blind to read.

• The life of Charles Barbier and how he invented

  a better way for the blind to read.

• How Louis Braille was a soldier in the army.

• How Charles Barbier helped soldiers.

How does the author organize the information in the text?

• Sequence/order

• Compare/contrast

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

Determine the meaning of the word problematic based on the text.

• difficult

• hard

• rude

• mean

After Louis became blind, how did he learn?

• mostly by hearing

• by reading Braille

• by helping others

• soldiers helped hiim

Determine the meaning of the word simplified in the text.

• to make easier

• to make harder

• to simplify something

• to help others

What happened after Charles Barbier visited Louis’s school?

• Louis simplified Charles’s code.

• Charles simplified Louis's code.

• Louis simplified the code for soldiers.

• Louis made Braille