Timeless Thomas Comprehension 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

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All of these were a part of the Invention Factory except:

• engineers

• scientists

• doctors

• artisans

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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

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Offices used phonographs as:

• dictation machines

• secret recording devices

• music players

• a way to hear the news

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Why was Edison’s nickel-iron storage battery originally created?

• to power an electric car

• to power radios

• to power flashlights

• to power phones

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For what invention did Edison receive his first patent?

• phonograph

• incandescent light bulb

• vote recorder

• x-ray machine

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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

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Edison’s fluoroscope was the first example of:

• a flashlight

• a movie projector

• x-ray technology

• a microscope

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

• helpful

• useful

• hurtful

• important

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