The Robot That Eats Cars

B. Recalling Facts -Choose the best answer. 1) Jim Potts brought his idea for a huge robot to his friend Doug Malewicki in

• A) 1958
• B) 1987
• C) 2003

B. Recalling Facts -Choose the best answer. 2) The idea for Robosaurus cam from children's toys called

• A) Transformers
• B) Shape Changers
• C) Rocking Robots

B. Recalling Facts -Choose the best answer. 3) When Robosaurus starts its act, it looks like a big

• A) tiger
• B) clown
• C) truck

B. Recalling Facts -Choose the best answer 4) Fire comes out of Robosaurus's

• A) mouth
• B) eyes
• C) nose

A. Main Idea 1) Which statement explains only part of the article, or is too specific to be the main idea of the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

A. Main Idea 2) Which statement is too broad or too general to be the main idea of the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

A. Main Idea 3) Which statement is the best main idea for the article?

• A) Robosaurus, a huge robot, was hard to make. It took eight months to build it. It cost about 2.5 million. After Robosaurus was built, its make tested it for months.
• B) Not everyone can have a dream come true. But that is what happened to one man when he and his friend made the Robosaurus.
• C) Doug Malewicki planned and made a huge robot that can eat things such as cars. Robosaurus has appeared in movies. It has been all over the country

C. Making Inferences ** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated. 1) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.

• A) Even before they made the robot, Jim and Doug were sure they would make a lot of money with it.
• B) Jim and Doug are people who like to do new and different things.
• C) Most people are too afraid of Robosaurus to like its act.

C. Making Inferences ** An inference is an idea that is drawn from a text. It is based on the details found in a text, but it is not something that is directly stated. 2) Select the statement that is a correct inference from the text.

• A) It would not cost much money to drive Robosaurus from show to show.
• B) Anyone who can drive a car would be able to drive Robosaurus.
• C) It would be a good idea to sit far away from Robosaurus when it burns a car or a house.

D. Using Words Choose the definition that is the closest meaning to the underlined word. 1) The tiny robots hummed as they zoomed around the kitchen floor mopping up the puddles.

• A) machines that look like people and do simple jobs.
• B) people who clean houses.
• C) stuffed toy animals