Young Thomas Edison RC

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3rd Grade

13 Qs

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Young Thomas Edison RC

Young Thomas Edison RC

Assessment

Quiz

Other, English

3rd Grade

Hard

Created by

Bradney St. Peter

FREE Resource

13 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What is this story mostly about?

the light bulb

a former teacher

a young inventor

the first telegraph

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Why did Edison’s mother take him out of school?
He hated school.
She wanted him to get a job.
He was sick with scarlet fever.
She wanted to teach him at home.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Where was Edison’s first laboratory?

in his house

at his school

In New Jersey

at a railroad office

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How was Edison’s behavior at home different from his behavior at school?

At home, he was shy and quiet.

At home, he asked many questions.

At home, he spent his time daydreaming.

At home, he had many ideas for experiments.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?
He was often daydreaming.
He spent all day at the library.
He studied the great inventors.
He got a job selling newspapers.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?
He was sleeping at work.
He set up a lab in the station.
He started a fire in the building.
He spent his work hours reading.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What did Edison do when Congress would not buy his Electrical Vote Recorder?
He stopped working.
He got advice from his mother.
He moved on to other inventions.
He tried to sell it to someone else.

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