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A Great American Story 27

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Benjamin Franklin started printing the magazine that became the?

a)

Saturday Evening Post

b)

Poor Richard's Almanac

c)

The Declaration of Independence

2.

His Poor Richard's Almanac contains many of his …

a)

wise sayings

b)

scientific experiments

c)

inventions

3.

Benjamin Franklin learned about electricity by flying a kite?.

a)

during a thunderstorm

b)

in a laboratory

c)

in a storm

4.

Benjamin Franklin was called a? who served his country well.

a)

scientist

b)

patriot

c)

inventor

5.

When Benjamin Franklin first lived in Pennsylvania, it was?.

a)

a British colony

b)

a free state

c)

a territory

6.

Benjamin Franklin invented?.

a)

bifocals

b)

the lightning rod

c)

the Franklin stove

7.

Besides working for the colonies in America, Benjamin Franklin represented them in?.

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

8.

Benjamin Franklin helped to write ?.

a)

the Constitution

b)

the Declaration of Independence

c)

the Bill of Rights

9.

An admirer of the evangelist George Whitefield, Benjamin Franklin helped to erect for him a?.

a)

building to preach in

b)

school

c)

library

10.

Benjamin Franklin influenced our country.

a)

in many different ways

b)

only through inventions

c)

by writing books