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WorksheetsDaughter of Invention Quiz - First Read Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
The author of the selection is:
Tim Belton
Julia Alvarez
Judy Garland
Mrs. Bellizeare
The main characters of the story are:
mother and daughter
mother and father
father and daughter
none of the above
Where do the main character and her family live?
Florida
New York
Puerto Rico
Texas
The reason the family comes to the United States is:
to allow the father to practice medicine.
help the mother sell her inventions.
to avoid a terrible dictator in their home country.
get better schooling for their daughters.
From what country does the narrator's family move?
Puerto Rico
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Cuba
What poet does the main character read to get inspired?
William Shakespere
Robert Frost
Maya Angelou
Walt Whitman
When does the mother invent?
Never
At night
when her kids are at school
Before dinner
What causes the mother to stop inventing?
she ran out of ideas.
her husband forced her to stop.
the daughter made fun of her.
her invention has been created already.
A noncommittal statement:
reveals nothing
explains an idea
contradicts another statement
makes no sense
What does plagiarized mean?
glorified
flattered
created
copied
Insubordinate means...
disobedient
does not follow directions
challenges authority
all of the above
What is a misnomer?
a threatening insult
an anonymous quote
an inaccurate name
a wild theory
To be inhospitable toward someone means to be:
helpful
indifferent
unwelcoming
threatening
A disclaimer is a:
denial of responsibility knowledge
a brief commercial interruption
a disagreement between to people
an agreement between to people
