5.2 Comprehension Test (3rd)

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question 1 part A: What is the main idea of paragraphs 1-2?

• Edison loved to sing and perform and chance he got.

• Edison wanted to stay home because he didn't get along with the other kids.

• Edison was always the smartest kid in his class.

• Edison struggled in school, so his mother homeschooled him until he eventually began teaching himself

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question 1 part B: Which sentence supports the main idea?

• Edison was a troublemaker

• His mother decided to teach him at home

• Edison was excited to stay home so he could sleep in

• Edison wanted to be a professional singer

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2. 2. What section would a reader look in for information about Edison's early inventions?

• Young Inventor

• The Laboratory

• Great Inventions

• Edison's Most Populary Inventions

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3. What is the meaning of suspected in paragraph 2?

• work hard

• ask too many questions

• worried

• to think something is a possibility

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4. 4. Based on the Passage, what allowed Edison to open a laboratory in New Jersey?

• He was always improving technology around him

• He sold his Universal Stock Printer for $40,000

• He hired scientists to help him create new inventions

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5. 5. Based on the passage, what is the author's view of Edison?

• Being curious helped Edison make so many different things

• Edison is one of the many inventors

• Edison only made other inventions better

• Edison should have stayed in the schoolhouse

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6. "Thomas Edison: A Curious Mind" and "From Telephone to Face Time" both tell about inventions. Choose all the statements that describe BOTH texts.

• The text is written in sequential (chronilogical) order

• The text is a historical piece of writing

• The text includes some fictional information

• The text discusses how technology changed

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