Journeys Lesson 30 Comprehension

How did Ben Franklin make newspapers DIFFERENT?

• He added photographs.

• He wrote them by hand.

• He added political cartoons.

• He started printing them on paper.

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How are people's ideas about electricity DIFFERENT now than in Ben Franklin's time?

• People now know that there is no electricity in lightning.

• People now know that lightning is not dangerous.

• People now use kites to gather electricity from storm clouds.

• People now understand electricity and know how to use it.

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How did lightning rods change communities?

• They made electric lights possible.

• they made homes and buildings safer.

• They made it safe to fly kites in storms.

• They kept streets cleaner by attracting metal.

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Which of Franklin's inventions was SIMILAR to today's Gabber?

• the Long Arm

• The lightning rod

• the glass armonica

• the political cartoon

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How were Ben's flippers DIFFERENT from today's flippers?

• They did not float.

• They were made of wax.

• They were made of wood.

• They were not used in water.

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Which words from the story give the BEST clue about what a glass armonica is?

• "glass armonicas are very rare"

• "a row of spinning glass bowls"

• "more likely to find one in a museum"

• "Mozart and Beethoven were so moved by the sounds"

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How are today's rocking chairs DIFFERENT from Ben Franklin's rocking chairs?

• Today's rocking chairs have fans on top.

• Today's rocking chairs do not churn butter.

• Today's rocking chairs are used as stepladders.

• Today's rocking chairs do not move back and forth.

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How are the writing chair and the library chair ALIKE?

• Both have desks built into them.

• Both are used to reach high places.

• Both combine two things into one.

• Both are ideas that were never really used.

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Read the sentence below from the story.

Now...every automobile has an odometer to measure the distance it travels.

Which words give the VEST clue about what an odometer is?

• Now...every

• automobile has

• an odometer to

• measure the distance it travels

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How does the illustration of the city at the top of page 353 help you figure out the meaning of the word sanitation?

• It shows a post office with the word on it, so I know it means "mail".

• It shows a helicopter with the word on it, so I know it means "air travel".

• It shows a fire truck with the word on it, so I know it means "putting out fires".

• It shows a garbage truck with the word on it, so I know it means "keeping clean".

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