The Inventor's Secret

What word could be used to describe Edison and Ford?

• curious

• angry

• happy

• dishonest

Thomas was most curious about____

Henry was most curious about ____

What was special about Thomas's pen?

• It was filled with invisible ink.

• In one day people could print a pile of copies that would've taken weeks to write by hand.

• It could illuminate when it wrote things.

What did Henry dream about?

• Henry dreamt about flying
• Henry dreamt about swimming
• Henry dreamt about building a car hardworking families could afford.

• Henry dreamt about dancing

How were Henry and Thomas alike?

• They both were kings
• They both were inventors who faced challenges, and their experiments were sometimes a disaster.

• They both were writers
• They both were painters

Can you match the vocabulary word with the definition?

• gives off a lot of light

• incandescent

• moving slowly and noisily

• patents

• engines that make a train go forward

• gadgets

• small specialized machines or devices

• chugged

• legal documents for inventions

• locomotive

Which statement best describes the relationship between Henry and Thomas in the passage?

• Henry was more successful than Thomas.

• Thomas and Henry were trying to invent the same thing.

• Henry admired Thomas and his inventions.

• Thomas was smarter than Henry.

He was so fascinated with it that he created a model of the engine to see how it worked. What does the word fascinated mean as it is used in this sentence?

• troubled

• confused

• surprised

• interested

What was Thomas's secret?

• When things got tough, he quit.

• He believed people who said his ideas were a joke.

• He refused to give up and just kept working.

• He preferred to do chores rather than work on his experiments.