Detroit: Car Capital of the World

15. 15. Read this sentence from "Detroit: Car Capital of the World."

"However, the DAC was a short-lived car business and because of MOUNTING financial losses, the company was shut down in January 1901." (paragraph 3)

Based on this sentence, what does MOUNTING mean?

• decreasing

• increasing

• leaping

• traveling

16. 16. How did the process of car making change completely in 1913?

• Cars took at least three days to complete.

• Cars were only made available to rich people.

• Cars would now be produced in large numbers.

• Cars were outnumbered by horse-drawn carriages.

17. 17. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A

What is the author's perspective about the city of Detroit in the section "More Brands, More Cars?"

• The author does not think that Detroit was successful after creating several new automobiles.

• The author thinks that the only way Detroit can stay successful is to create moe inventions.

• The author thinks that Detroit is now too expensive of a city to live in.

• The author is astonished by just how fast Detroit grew in population and success.

Part B.

Which line from this section best supports your answer in Part A?

• "Early Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs were all produced in the same area of Michigan." (paragraph 8)

• "Car building quickly became the lifeblood of the area." (paragraph 9)

• "The population of Detroit rose from 285,000 in 1900 to more than 1.5 million by 1930." (paragraph 9)

• "The unions improved working conditions, created minimum wage, and set forth the eight-hour workday." (paragraph 9).

18. 18. Which sentence from "Detroit: Car Capital of the World" shows that Henry Ford was a determined person?

• "He received start-up money from 12 investors to get his venture started." (paragraph 2)

• "Only 20 total DAC vehicles were built and in a short time the company lost $86,000."

• "However, Henry Ford did not give up on his dream of building automobiles." (paragraph 3)

• "That company quickly became successful as people, who could afford the motorized vehicles, began purchasing them." (paragraph 4)

19. 19. What TWO important aspects of jobs in Detroit are still available for workers in the present day?

• poor working conditions

• a set workday of a certain number of hours

• a minimum wage

• raises every month

• free cars for each worker

20. 20. What can you tell about automobile companies from reading the section "Ford's Birthplace?"

• People had no interest in creating more automobiles.

• Even through failure, people were still eager to see cars get made.

• Automobile companies cost way too much money to stay afloat in the early 1900s.

• Automobile companies were only successful in Detroit.

21 Why do you think the population of Detroit crashed so sharply from 1950 to 2015?

• People began losing their jobs and could no longer afford to live in the city.

• War came to the United States and Detroit's land was destroyed.

• Cars became so popular that everyone left Detroit to live in their car.

• A sickness swept through Detroit during those years.

22 Which sentence from the passage "Detroit: car Capital of the World" best supports the author's claim that despite Detroit's problems, it still remains a successful city?

• "However, Detroit slowly and surely started to see a fall." (paragraph 12)

• In 2013, Detroit officials filed the largest city bankruptcy case ever in this country.: (Paragraph 15)

• "It got so bad that crime started to get out of control..." (paragraph 15)

• "Today, still two-thirds of all U.S. jobs in the auto industry are based in and around Detroit." (paragraph 16)

23 Read this sentence from "Flower, the Model T."

"Uncle Charlie was a whiz and could literally fix anything big or small, old or new." ( paragraph 3)

What does the word whiz mean, as it is used in this sentence?

• an old man

• a popular person

• an expert

• a car