Captain Arsenio

Why does Captain Arsenio keep building new flying machines even after so many failures?

• He wants to impress his family

• He refuses to give up on his dream

• He is competing in a contest

• He wants to be rich

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What can you infer about Captain Arsenio’s personality from the way the author describes his inventions?

• He is determined and creative

• He is careless and gives up quickly

• He is selfish and greedy

• He is fearful and cautious

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The author often shows Arsenio’s inventions crashing. What does this suggest about the theme of the story?

• Success always comes quickly

• Dreams are not worth chasing

• Inventions are always dangerous

• Mistakes are part of learning

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Why might the author have chosen to make Captain Arsenio’s inventions funny?

• To make the story more entertaining while showing determination

• To show readers that inventions are silly

• To confuse the reader

• To make Captain Arsenio seem unimportant

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Based on the ending of the story, what can readers infer about Captain Arsenio’s legacy?

• His diary shows he eventually gave up on flying.

• His story lives on through legends, even though no one knows if he truly succeeded.

• People found proof that he landed on the moon in 1789.

• His inventions were buried and forgotten forever.

Which part of the story introduces Captain Arsenio and his dream to fly?

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

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Which event best represents the conflict in Captain Arsenio?

• He finally succeeds at flying

• His dream is to fly but his inventions keep failing

• He gives up and stops inventing

• He builds a machine that works

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The scene where Captain Arsenio’s invention has its most dramatic crash is an example of the:

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

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Which part of the plot shows what happens immediately after the climax and begins to settle the story?

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Falling Action

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The final scene, when we see how Captain Arsenio’s story ends, is called the:

• Conflict

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

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