The Inventors Secret

According to the passage, what was Thomas most curious about?

• A engines

• B electricity

• C chemistry

• D light bulbs

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

• A Henry admired Thomas and his inventions.

• B Thomas was much smarter than Henry.

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

• D Henry was much more successful than Thomas.

The passage explains that Henry was excited about repairing a special engine from England. 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 the sentence above?

• A troubled

• B confused

• C surprised

• D interested

What was Thomas’s secret?

• A When things got tough, he gave up.

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

• C He refused to give up and kept working on his ideas.

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

Which sentence  best  summarizes the passage?

• A Thomas and Henry were boys who grew up in a time of great change.

• B Thomas was a famous inventor who modeled his work on Henry’s experiments.

• C Henry was a hard-working  inventor who looked to Thomas for the key to success.

• D Henry and Thomas challenged each other to invent the most successful machine.

Worked in a rough, uneven way.

• Gadgets

• Chugged

• Cynlinder

• Locomotive

Machine that plays recorded sound

• Locomotives

• Phonograph

• Incandescent

• flop

Specialized Machines or electronic devices

• Gadgets

• Chugged

• Cylinder

• Locomotive

Legal Documents that make it so no one else can sell your invention

• Flop

• Incandescent

• Locomotive

• Patent

Something that gives off light

• Phonograph

• Incandescent

• Patent

• Cylinder