Timeless Thomas Comp Test

What is the genre of this story?

• article

• autobiography

• science fiction

• biography

When did Edison begin inventing?

• when he was a boy

• when he was a teenager

• when he was in college

• when he was an adult

All of these were a part of the Invention Factory except

• engineers

• scientists

• doctors

• artisans

The tinfoil phonograph was the first device to

• record sound and play it back

• light up rooms with electricity

• send messages automatically

• send images automatically

Offices used phonographs as

• dictation machines

• secret recording devices

• music players

• a way to hear movies

Why was Edison's nick-iron storage battery originally created?

• to power an electric car

• to power radios

• to power flashlights

• to power phones

For what invention did Edison receive his first patent?

• phonograph

• incandescent light bulb

• vote recorder

• x-ray machine

How did Edison get light into his movie studio?

• they opened all the windows and doors

• they opened the roof

• they used lights

• they used candlelight

Edison's fluoroscope was the first example of

• a flashlight

• a movie projector

• x-ray technology

• a microscope

Edison believed that his failures were valuable. Valuable means all of these except

• helpful

• useful

• hurtful

• important