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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is this article MOSTLY about?
light bulb
teacher
a young inventor
telegraph
- 2. Multiple Choice
What happened when Edison got scarlet fever?
He started reading books
He lost some of his hearing
He stopped asking questions
He started doing experiments
- 3. Multiple Choice
What was Edison's FIRST job?
inventor
railroad worker
telegraph operator
paperboy
- 4. Multiple Choice
How can the reader tell that Edison loved to read?
He was always daydreaming
He spent all day at the library
He studied the great inventors
He got a job selling newspapers
- 5. Multiple Choice
What happened after Edison lost his job?
He invented the light bulb
He set up a lab in New Jersey
He made money selling newspapers
He traveled around working as a telegraph operator
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did Edison do while he was in Boston?
got in trouble with congress
started a fire in a railroad car
invented the electric light bulb
got his first patent on invention
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why did Edison lose his job at the railroad office?
He was reading
He started a fire
He set up a lab
He was sleeping at work
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why did people start to call Edison the Wizard?
He hired lots of people
he made many invention
he always asked questions
he blew up a large number of things
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which sentence from the article shows that Edison's mother kept helping him after he left home?
Mrs. Edison made sure he got excellent education
He would miss her letters - her advice and encouragement.
Al's mom took him out of school after only 3 months
He went home and set up a laboratory
- 10. Multiple Choice
Young Thomas Edison built an _____ to send a message every hour.
airplane
idea
exercise
invention
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