All About Zippers #2
  • 1. The word zippers is which form of a noun?
A) singular
B) plural
C) singular possessive
D) plural possessive
  • 2. Which word is possessive?
A) used
B) she's
C) world's
D) chains
  • 3. What was the problem with the clasp locker?
A) The clasp locker could only be used on shoes.
B) Only twenty clasp lockers sold at the World's Fair.
C) It was difficult for people to fasten shoes with buttons.
D) The clasp lockers broke easily.
  • 4. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) a man who goes to the World's Fair
B) a man who wants to be famous
C) a man who sells rain boots
D) a man who invents the zipper
  • 5. What are hooks and eyes used for?
A) sewing
B) seeing
C) catching fish
D) closing shoes
  • 6. Which sentence about Whitcomb Judson is a fact?
A) Whitcomb Judson showed his clasp locker at the World's Fair in Chicago.
B) Whitcomb Judson was upset because Gideon changed his invention.
C) Whitcomb Judson was a creative inventor.
D) Whitcomb Judson clasp lockers were better than hooks and eyes.
  • 7. Which event from the passage happened in 1893?
A) The name of the "clasp locker" was changed to "zipper".
B) Whitcomb invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
C) Whitcomb sold his clasp locker at the World's Fair held in Chicago.
D) The BFGoodrich Company decided to sell rain boots using the clasp locker.
  • 8. What kind of shoes did Whitcomb's friend most likely have?
A) lace-up
B) snap
C) button
D) zipper
  • 9. What is the root word of easily?
A) easy
B) easli
C) east
D) easi
  • 10. Why did Whitcomb Judson invent the zipper?
A) to help a friend
B) to become famous
C) to sell invention to BF Goodrich
D) to create something
  • 11. How did zippers get their name?
A) Whitcomb Judson's friend made the suggestion.
B) The clasp and locker made a zip sound.
C) Zippers were a quicker and better method of closure.
D) The clasp and locker were named after the inventor.
  • 12. What did Whitcomb sell at the World's Fair?
A) snaps
B) chains
C) button hooks
D) clasp lockers
  • 13. How many clasp lockers did Whitcomb L. Judson sell at the World's Fair?
A) forty
B) two
C) twenty
D) ten
  • 14. Which sentence contains an example of onomatopoeia?
A) It looked like two chains with hooks.
B) He invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
C) Clasp lockers made a zip sound when opened and closed.
D) It would let people close their shoes with just one hand.
  • 15. What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
A) to persuade the reader to buy a zipper
B) to entertain the reader with an untrue story
C) to inform the reader about the invention of zippers
D) to explain how zippers work
  • 16. What is the genre of this passage?
A) folk tale
B) historical fiction
C) fiction
D) nonfiction
  • 17. Which cause describes why zippers were invented?
A) Mail was falling out of bags.
B) It took two hands to close shoes.
C) Whitcomb L. Judson was given money to invent something.
D) He needed to do a project using metal.
  • 18. Which event happened last?
A) Gideon Sundback made many changes to the invention.
B) Whitcomb sold twenty clasp lockers at the 1893 World's Fair.
C) The B.F. Goodrich Company decided to use the clasp lockers on their rain boots.
D) Whitcomb started a company to make the new invention.
  • 19. Which event happens first in the passage?
A) Whitcomb Judson calls his invention a "clasp locker."
B) Whitcomb Judson dies.
C) Whitcomb Judson starts a company.
D) Whitcomb Judson goes to the World's Fair.
  • 20. What best describes the relationship between sore and soar?
A) metaphors
B) homophones
C) antonyms
D) synonyms
  • 21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Zippers were invented to make fastening shoes and boots easier.
B) Gideon Sundback invented the zipper.
C) Many new inventions were introduced at the World's Fair.
D) Whitcomb L. Judson invented the underground streetcar.
  • 22. The word zip is an example of which literary device?
A) onomatopoeia
B) personification
C) simile
D) alliteration
  • 23. What would be another title for the passage?
A) The Invention of the Zipper
B) A New Company
C) Going to the World's Fair
D) Doctors for Sore Backs
  • 24. Why did Whitcomb invent the zipper?
A) to close his coat faster
B) to help his friend
C) to make a lot of money
D) to become famous
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