The Robot That Eats Cars

A. Main Idea 3) Which statement is the best main idea for the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

A. Main Idea 1) Which statement explains only part of the article, or is too specific to be the main idea of the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

A. Main Idea 2) Which statement is too broad or too general to be the main idea of the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

B. Recalling Facts -Choose the best answer 4) Fire comes out of Robosaurus's

• A) mouth
• B) eyes
• C) nose

C. Making Inferences ** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated. 1) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.

• A) Even before they made the robot, Jim and Doug were sure they would make a lot of money with it.
• B) Jim and Doug are people who like to do new and different things.
• C) Most people are too afraid of Robosaurus to like its act.

C. Making Inferences ** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated. 2) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.

• A) It would not cost much money to drive Robosaurus from show to show.
• B) Anyone who can drive a car would be able to drive Robosaurus.
• C) It would be a good idea to sit far away from Robosaurus when it burns a car or a house.

E. Author's Approach Choose the best answer 1) The author uses the first sentence of the article to

• A) tell why Jim Potts thought that Doug Malewicki could help him make the Robosaurus.
• B) tell the reader that Jim Potts came up with the idea of Robotosaurus.
• C) show the difference between Jim Potts and Doug Malewicki.

E. Author's Approach Choose the best answer 3) The author probably wrote this article in order to

• A) prove that people use too much money and time on things that are silly.
• B) show that people can do wonderful things if they try.
• C) stop people from going to see Robosaurus.

G. Critical Thinking 1) Choose the statement below that states an opinion.

• A) Robosaurus is about 40 feet high.
• B) Robosaurus had been in two movies so far.
• C) Making Robosaurus was a great idea.

G. Critical Thinking 3) A Transformer and Robosaurus are alike because

• A) they are toys that children own and play with
• B) they eat cars, trucks, and houses
• C) they change from one thing to another thing.