U1L2-Louis Braille's Gift to the Blind--comprehension

How was Paris different from the Braille home in the country?

• They were about the same.

• The country home was nicer.

• Paris was nicer.

• Louis couldn't tell the difference.

How do you know the Braille home in the country was nicer than Paris?

• Paris was a four hour carriage ride away.

• Louis and his father boarded a carriage for Paris.

• Louis did well at school

• Paris was noisy and smelled terrible.

Which of these is a fact from the selection?

• Barbier did not think his code needed to be changed.

• Writing with raised letters was really hard to do.

• The school Louis went to was not a very nice place.

• Louis thought Barbier's code was perfect.

The code that Louis created is an example of

• getting something right the first time.

• combining several ideas into a new one

• improving on someone else's idea

• inventing something completely new

Who was Gabriele Gauthier?

• one of the teachers

• an inventor

• a person from the military

• Louis's roommate

When Louis first demonstrated his system,

• Pignier thought it was perfect

• Barbier was not convinced

• Gabriele was excited about it

• Valentin inspired Louis to continue

How did Louis become blind?

• He was born that way.

• He poked himself in the eye and it became infected.

• He fell sick after traveling, and didn't have access to medicine to cure it.

How was Louis's code different from Barbier's?

• Louis's only used dots and not dashes, and represented letters, not sounds.

• Louis's was an original idea, and Barbier's was a copy.

• Barbier had help creating his and Louis did not.

What inspired Louis when he was losing hope?

• His roommate Gabriele motivated him.

• He was inspired by a visit to the school by Valentin Hauy.

• He went home to visit with his family.

What was Barbier's code used for?

• It was used by the military to send messages in the dark.

• It was used for people who could not see.

• It was used at a school for the blind.