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