Question 1

The author organizes the information in the passage by ---

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Placing events in chronological order

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Explaining how Bell invented the telephone

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Giving the most important information first

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Comparing Bell's experiences with Gray's

Question 2

What is the author's purpose for writing this passage (Bell)?

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to inform the reader of important events in Alexander Graham Bell's life

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to entertain the reader with a story of how the telephone was invented

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to explain why Elisha Gray was not the inventor of the telephone

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to persuade the reader that Alexander Graham Bell was a great inventor.

Question 3

Bell and Watson were not expecting the telephone to work the day that the first telephone call was made.  What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

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"Watson heard those words and was startled. They had come crackling across the earpiece of what the two inventors had labeled the telephone."

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"It is unclear what exactly unfolded that day, but one story says that while working on his voice transmitter, Bell accidentally knocked over a bottle of transmitting fluid, burning his skin."

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"But in the 1870's, when Bell was experimenting with his new project such an idea was like a fantasy."

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"Alexander Graham Bell was in his laboratory, working on a device that would allow people to talk to one another across wires, even when they were not in the same room."

Question 4

If Bell had not invented the telephone, what would probably have happened?

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Someone else would have registered a similar device with the United States patent office.

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The modern telephone would not have been invented for another hundred years.

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Mabel Hubbard would have married Watson instead of Bell.

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The parents of Bell's deaf students would have hired someone to replace Watson as Bell's assistant.

Question 5

What does SURMOUNTABLE mean in the following sentence: "The perseverance and success of his mother in the face of such adversity taught young Alexander that problems were SURMOUNTABLE and that he could help people to overcome them."

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Complicated

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Educated

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Simple

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Decorated

Question 6

Why does the author include the last paragraph of the selection?

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To show how important and widespread Braille's invention is today

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To identify where we can find examples of Braille today

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To demonstrate why we need the Braille alphabet

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To explain why Braille was invented

Question 7

Louis Braille  did not let his blindness hold him back in life. What evidence from the text supports this statement?

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"Louis became an accomplished pianist and organist. He even got a paid job as an organist, playing in a small church near the institute."

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"For Louis, going to the school meant leaving his family and the village he knew well, where he felt safe."

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"To help him navigate the village, his father made him canes."

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"Louis Braille died at the young age of 43 from tuberculosis, a devastating respiratory disease."

Question 8

Based on the passage, what might be one reason that Louis proved to be a gifted musician?

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He had to rely on his hearing after going blind.

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Priests trained him to sing as a boy.

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The Royal Institute for Blind Youth is a strong music school.

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He inherited musical talent from his father, who was also a musician.

Question 9

What does the word ELABORATE mean in the following sentence? "Who invented this ELABORATE setup of bumps and dots that comprise an entire alphabet and numerical system that allows blind people to read with their fingers?"

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Complicated

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Educated

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Decorated

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Simple

Question 10

What is the main idea of paragraph 6? ("The students at the school...")

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A new way for blind people to read was needed.

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Books for the blind were heavy and hard to read.

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Students mainly listened to lessons at school.

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Valentin Hauy invented the Braille alphabet.

Question 11

What is an idea found in both selections?

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To be a successful inventor, you must be determined and creative.

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Being an inventor is a difficult but rewarding life.

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Inventions often happen by accident.

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Blindness is a disability that makes life very difficult.

Question 12

One way the two selections are DIFFERENT is that---

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Many people helped Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone, while Louis Braille invented the Braille alphabet on his own.

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Alexander Graham Bell was a deaf inventor, while Louis Braille was a blind inventor.

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Alexander Graham Bell is a biography of the inventor of the telephone, while Louis Braille tells the story of a blind man.

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Alexander Graham Bell is an informational text written to explain how the telephone works, while Louis Braille is a biography that explains how the Braille alphabet was invented.

Question 13

Both of these passages describe ---

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men who successfully invented communication devices

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how something was invented

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inventors who were determined to find solutions to problems that help people overcome their difficulties

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inventors who were blind

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