Young Thomas Edison quiz

After having scarlet fever, young Thomas Edison lost some of his ability to ________.

• A. taste

• B. see

• C. speak

• D. hear

Replace the underlined word with the correct object pronoun. "Thomas Edison worked hard to create the electric lightbulb in his laboratory."

• A. them

• B. it

• C. us

• D. you

Which detail from the text shows that young Thomas Edison did not give up after he failed?

• A. Edison thought of his hearing problem as an advantage that helped him concentrate.

• B. Edison planned to read every book in the Detroit library.

• C. Thomas Edison was deeply saddened after his mother died.

• D. Edison’s mother took him out of school to make sure he received an excellent education.

What effect did Thomas Edison’s failures have on him?

• A. He did not give up.

• B. He continued to experiment.

• C. He took new jobs in order to pay for his experiments.

• D. All of the other answers

What is the theme of the story Young Thomas Edison?

• A. friendship

• B. persistence

• C. fire safety

• D. family

Choose the answer with the correct sequence of events from the story.

• A. Edison gets a job as a night wire. -> Edison turns his family’s cellar into a laboratory. -> Edison’s mother dies. -> Edison invents the electric lightbulb.

• B. Edison invents the electric lightbulb. -> Edison turns his family’s cellar into a laboratory. -> Edison gets a job as a night wire. -> Edison’s mother dies.

• C. Edison turns his family’s cellar into a laboratory. -> Edison gets a job as a night wire. -> Edison’s mother dies. -> Edison invents the electric lightbulb.

• D. Edison turns his family’s cellar into a laboratory. -> Edison’s mother dies. -> Edison invents the electric lightbulb. -> Edison gets a job as a night wire.

Choose the correct pronoun that agrees with the underlined antecedent.

Before ____ could play, Josh had to finish the homework.

• A. he

• B. me

• C. him

• D. his

Order the adjectives from the strongest in meaning to the weakest in meaning.

• A. overjoyed, glad, happy, delighted

• B. glad, happy, delighted, overjoyed

• C. overjoyed, delighted, glad, happy

• D. happy, glad, overjoyed, delighted

Which 4 words in the following sentence have the vowel sound in talk? "Paul and my aunt stopped to pet the gray paws of the ancient cat."

• A. Paul, aunt, stopped, ancient

• B. Paul, stopped, to, old

• C. Paul, aunt, stopped, paws

• D. Paul, aunt, gray, paws

Answer explanation

Remember, the sound "aw" can be created by multiple spellings! For example, the letters "aw", "a", and "o" can all make the same sound.

Which sentence uses the vocabulary word "occasional" correctly?

• A. The occasional was Thomas Edison’s favorite invention.

• B. The occasional failure did not stop Thomas Edison from becoming successful.

• C. The occasional rainfall happened almost every day this summer in Shanghai.

• D. Thomas Edison is an occasional inventor - he is always coming up with new inventions!