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