Quarter 1 Unit 2 ELA 7 Test

What event led Garrett Morgan to invent the safety hood?

• A natural gas explosion trapped 32 men in a tunnel.

• Garrett Morgan was a successful factory owner.

• Morgan experimented with a "safety hood.","Morgan patented many life-saving ideas.

• Morgan was concerned over his employees safety.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.3

What was Garrett Morgan's occupation before becoming an inventor?

• He was the owner of a factory in Cleveland.

• He was a firefighter.

• He was a tailor.

• He was an automobile manufacturer.

What did Garrett Morgan invent to help during fires?

• A safety hood

• A traffic control signal

• A sewing machine

• A car

What was the purpose of Morgan's traffic control signal?

• To prevent collisions between automobiles and horse-drawn carriages

• To help firefighters during rescues

• To improve safety in factories

• To assist in sewing machine operations

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What did Morgan do with his invention of the traffic light?

• He sold the rights to General Electric Corporation.

• He used it in his factory.

• He patented it but never sold it.

• He gave it away.

What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

• to inform readers about a natural gas explosion that occurred in 1916

• to inform readers about a historical figure whose inventions kept people safe

• to convince readers that Garrett Morgan was one of the greatest inventors of all time

• to convince readers that Garrett Morgan's traffic signal was superior to modern signals

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CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the purpose of paragraph 2?

• to illustrate that Morgan had an academic education

• to explain that Morgan was interested in agriculture

• to show that Morgan had invented many things

• to establish that Morgan was a businessman

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.6

Read this sentence from paragraph 5. 'Roused from home on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett rushed to the disaster site with samples of his safety hood." Which word has a stronger connotation than "roused" as used in the passage?

• awakened

• shaken

• pushed

• agitated

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the author use a chronological structure in paragraphs 2–6 to develop ideas?

• illustrating that Morgan grew to be an inventor who cared about people

• showing that the risk posed by factory fires decreased over time

• illustrating that Morgan invented a better safety hood

• showing that Morgan and his brother became braver

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CCSS.RI.7.5

Which word provides the best clue for the meaning of the word intersection as used in paragraph 9. "Furthermore, the existing signals did not have a caution signal between stopping and going, so a driver going in one direction might start across an intersection before an oncoming driver had time to stop."

• direction

• start

• across

• oncoming

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4