Book Quiz: Kid Inventors

What is the main idea

of this book?

• Once they have an idea about

  how to solve a problem,

  budding inventors often talk

  to others about it.

• Becoming an inventor may

  seem impossible, but it’s not.

• An invention is a new

  product, process, or service.

• With their inventions, kids

  solve everyday problems and

  make people’s lives better

  and easier.

Read this sentence from the

book: Another twelve-year-old,

Margaret Knight, invented a

safety device for factory workers.

What does the word device

mean?

• an item that has been built

  for a purpose

• a smaller version of the

  real object

• a plan that shows how

  to build an item

• an original form used as

  the model for later ones

Why did the author share

information about becoming an

inventor at the end of the book?

• The author organized her

  sections by alphabetical order,

  and the title of that section

  came last.

• The author wanted to inspire

  the reader with real examples

  of kid inventors before

  encouraging other children

  to try inventing.

• The author didn’t think

  that information was very

  important, so she hid it in

  the back of the book.

• The author needed to make

  her book longer, so she made

  up the last section to have

  extra pages.

What caused Blair Breazeale

to invent LockerLites?

• She couldn’t find any books

  because her locker was so

  dark.

• She was disappointed with

  her dull and dark locker.

• She wanted her locker to

  look like the other students’

  lockers.

• She needed more space in her

  locker.

According to the last paragraph

of the book, how does the

author feel about kids working

on inventions?

• The author believes kids

  working on inventions is

  a bad idea.

• The author believes

  inventions are dangerous

  for kids.

• The author believes kids

  working on inventions is

  a great idea.

• The author believes every

  kid must work on inventions.

If readers wanted to find details

about an invention related to

lights, what section from the

table of contents would they

choose?

• “A Little Light on the Subject”

• “Way Cool”

• “Keeping Infants Cool”

• “A Fix for Broken Crayons”

Read these two sentences: When

he was just twelve years old,

Benjamin Franklin invented swim

fins. Another twelve-year-old,

Margaret Knight, invented a

safety device for factory workers.

Which of the following describes

their relationship?

• The sentences contrast a

  kid inventor with an adult

  inventor.

• The sentences both define

  key words for the book.

• The sentences both describe

  twelve-year-old child

  inventors.

• The sentences have no

  connection to each other.

What inspired Xóchitl Guadalupe

Cruz López to create her solar

hot water heater?

• taking a cold shower

• getting really thirsty

• seeing villagers chopping

  down trees

• finding lots of empty plastic

  water bottles

A patent allows an inventor

to ________ their invention.

• copy

• manufacture

• change

• make money from

What was the effect of Ryan

Patterson’s wondering what a

deaf customer would have done

without an interpreter?

• Ryan developed the Sign

  Language Translator.

• Ryan asked the deaf customer

  about it.

• Ryan decided not to worry

  about it.

• Ryan researched sign language

  and wrote a report on it.