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Alexander Graham Bell
By Rhonda Pawlik
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Question 1
1.
How did Alexander Graham Bell's mother inspire him to take on big challenges?
By teaching him how to play the piano
By encouraging him to pursue a career in business
C-By instilling in him a great curiosity of the world around him
D-By discouraging him from experimenting with new ideas
Question 2
2.
What uncommon ability did Alexander Graham Bell show at a young age?
A-Ability to memorize long passages of text
B-Ability to solve complex mathematical equations
C-Ability to predict the weather accurately
D-Ability to solve problems effectively
Question 3
3.
How did Alexander Graham Bell's work with the deaf contribute to his passion for inventing?
It inspired him to become a professional musician.
It provided him with opportunities to experiment with new ideas.
It discouraged him from pursuing a career in science.
It taught him how to communicate using sign language.
Question 4
4.
What role did Alexander Graham Bell's work with the deaf play in his invention of the telephone?
It had no influence on his invention.
It delayed the development of the telephone.
It inspired him to create a device to transmit sound.
It led him to focus on inventing new musical instruments.
Question 5
5.
What does the word
patent
mean in the section "Pursuing His Passion in His Final Years"?
A patent is something you must get before inventing something.
gives a person or a group of people money for their invention
gives a person or a group of people the right to claim an invention as their own
It is a degree to help you become a businessman.
Question 6
6.
Read the following sentence from the section "Early Life".
Bell's hometown of Edinburgh was known for its arts and science.
Which answer choice would BEST replace the word "known" in the sentence?
A-obvious
B-understood
C-uncommon
D- recognized
Question 7
7.
Overall, the article is organized around which of the following?
A-a time period
B-a historical figure
C- a technological change
D-a revolutionary invention
Question 8
8.
Which quote supports that Alexander Graham Bell was persistent?
"He became partners with a skilled electrician named Thomas Watson and the two worked on this idea together."
"Bell set up a workshop to continue his study of the human voice."
"Bell preferred learning and inventing new things to being a businessman."
"Bell and Watson worked on the project, along with the harmonic telegraph, for two years."
Question 9
9.
Which quote supports that Alexander Graham Bell did not want to be a businessman in the section called
Pursuing His Passion in His Final Years
?
"Many others tried to claim they had invented the telephone."
"Bell preferred learning and inventing new things to being a businessman."
"He established a group that helped teach speech to deaf people."
"Young Bell was supposed to continue the family business. However, he did not like working for his father."
