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The Boy Who Invented TV

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main character in "The Boy Who Invented TV" is named

(a)  

2.

What genre is "The Boy Who Invented TV"?

a)

Biography

b)

Reader's theater

c)

Short story

d)

Chapter book

3.

In the Boy Who Invented TV, which two inventions most interested young Philo?

a)

telephone and television

b)

electric generator and radio

c)

phonograph and telephone

4.

How was Idaho different from Utah for Philo?

a)

There was electricity.

b)

There were trains.

c)

There were televisions.

5.

What did Philo see while plowing fields that helped him invent the television?

a)

view of the open country

b)

light reflected off the field

c)

parallel lines in the field

6.

All of the following were Philo's heroes EXCEPT

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Edison

7.

What happened to his first model of the television?

a)

He received $6,000 for it

b)

It did not work

c)

He was successful on his first model

8.

Inventors who have _____ for their inventions can make money from them.

a)

devices

b)

patents

c)

breakthroughs

9.

Which would be an example of a "breakthrough"?

a)

a perfect score on a college exam

b)

a new cure for a rare disease

c)

a non-stop swim across Lake Erie

10.

Which word would be an ANTONYM for passionate?

a)

excited

b)

loving

c)

bored

11.

Which events in Philo's life led to him inventing the first television? Choose all that apply.

a)

He married Pem

b)

Philo was struck with an idea while plowing the fields.

c)

He quit college, after his father died.

d)

He received a loan for $6,000.

e)

As a child, he invented machines to make doing chores easier.

12.

Philo thought that the best thing about television was that it would _______.

a)

establish world peace

b)

permit people to share the same stories

c)

make him famous