WorksheetsThe Boy Who Invented TV
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
The main character in "The Boy Who Invented TV" is named
(a)
What genre is "The Boy Who Invented TV"?
Biography
Reader's theater
Short story
Chapter book
In the Boy Who Invented TV, which two inventions most interested young Philo?
telephone and television
electric generator and radio
phonograph and telephone
How was Idaho different from Utah for Philo?
There was electricity.
There were trains.
There were televisions.
What did Philo see while plowing fields that helped him invent the television?
view of the open country
light reflected off the field
parallel lines in the field
All of the following were Philo's heroes EXCEPT
Albert Einstein
George Washington
Thomas Edison
What happened to his first model of the television?
He received $6,000 for it
It did not work
He was successful on his first model
Inventors who have _____ for their inventions can make money from them.
devices
patents
breakthroughs
Which would be an example of a "breakthrough"?
a perfect score on a college exam
a new cure for a rare disease
a non-stop swim across Lake Erie
Which word would be an ANTONYM for passionate?
excited
loving
bored
Which events in Philo's life led to him inventing the first television? Choose all that apply.
He married Pem
Philo was struck with an idea while plowing the fields.
He quit college, after his father died.
He received a loan for $6,000.
As a child, he invented machines to make doing chores easier.
Philo thought that the best thing about television was that it would _______.
establish world peace
permit people to share the same stories
make him famous
