"Captain Arsenio"

What is one of the main ideas of the section titles "The End and the Beginning"?

• Captain Arsenio always had success.

• Captain Arsenio was bad at everything he tried.

• Captain Arsenio had jobs most people would have disliked.

• Captain Arsenio was not interested in most of the things he had tried.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The author says that the wings of the Flying Runner move up and back down in imitation of a bird. What does imitation mean?

• many different directions

• a slow movement

• the same way as

• a quick jump

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

How does Captain Arsenio react to the challenges he faces?

• He gives up easily

• He keeps trying new things

• He blames everything on someone else

• He repeats what has worked for him in the past

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

How do the entries from Captain Arsenio fight diary compare with the other sections of the passage?

• They discuss the people who helped him build his machines

• They talk about where he learned to build flight machines

• They provide more detail about his experiments

• They explain why he stopped his experiements

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

The way Captain Arsenip is described in the passage suggests that the narrator

• views his experiments with respect

• believes he is not trying to succeed

• thinks he is not an intelligent person

• thinks his experiments were a waste of time

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6