Captain Arsenio: Inventions and (Mis)Adventures in Flight

What is one of the main ideas of the section titled “The End and the Beginning”?

• Captain Arsenio always had success.

• Captain Arsenio was bad at everything he tried.

• Captain Arsenio had jobs most people would have disliked.

• Captain Arsenio was not interested in most of the things he had tried.

The author says that the wings of the Flying Runner move up and back down in imitation of a bird. What does imitation mean?

• many different directions

• a slow movement

• the same way as

• a quick jump

How does Captain Arsenio react to the challenges he faces?

• He gives up easily.

• He keeps trying new things.

• He blames everything on someone else.

• He repeats what has worked for him in the past.

How do the entries from Captain Arsenio’s flight diary compare with the other sections of the passage?

• They discuss the people who helped him build his machines.

• They talk about where he learned to build flight machines.

• They provide more detail about his experiments.

• They explain why he stopped his experiments.

The way Captain Arsenio is described in the passage suggests that the narrator

• views his experiments with respect.

• believes he is not trying to succeed.

• thinks he is not an intelligent person.

• thinks his experiments were a waste of time.