All About Zippers #2
  • 1. The word zippers is which form of a noun?
A) plural
B) singular possessive
C) singular
D) plural possessive
  • 2. Which word is possessive?
A) world's
B) chains
C) used
D) she's
  • 3. What was the problem with the clasp locker?
A) It was difficult for people to fasten shoes with buttons.
B) The clasp locker could only be used on shoes.
C) Only twenty clasp lockers sold at the World's Fair.
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 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) catching fish
B) closing shoes
C) seeing
D) sewing
  • 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) snap
B) button
C) zipper
D) lace-up
  • 9. What is the root word of easily?
A) easi
B) east
C) easy
D) easli
  • 10. Why did Whitcomb Judson invent the zipper?
A) to create something
B) to sell invention to BF Goodrich
C) to become famous
D) to help a friend
  • 11. How did zippers get their name?
A) Whitcomb Judson's friend made the suggestion.
B) The clasp and locker were named after the inventor.
C) Zippers were a quicker and better method of closure.
D) The clasp and locker made a zip sound.
  • 12. What did Whitcomb sell at the World's Fair?
A) chains
B) button hooks
C) snaps
D) clasp lockers
  • 13. How many clasp lockers did Whitcomb L. Judson sell at the World's Fair?
A) ten
B) twenty
C) two
D) forty
  • 14. Which sentence contains an example of onomatopoeia?
A) Clasp lockers made a zip sound when opened and closed.
B) It looked like two chains with hooks.
C) He invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
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 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) fiction
B) nonfiction
C) historical fiction
D) folk tale
  • 17. Which cause describes why zippers were invented?
A) He needed to do a project using metal.
B) Mail was falling out of bags.
C) Whitcomb L. Judson was given money to invent something.
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) Gideon Sundback made many changes to the invention.
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 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) synonyms
B) homophones
C) metaphors
D) antonyms
  • 21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Gideon Sundback invented the zipper.
B) Whitcomb L. Judson invented the underground streetcar.
C) Zippers were invented to make fastening shoes and boots easier.
D) Many new inventions were introduced at the World's Fair.
  • 22. The word zip is an example of which literary device?
A) onomatopoeia
B) personification
C) alliteration
D) simile
  • 23. What would be another title for the passage?
A) A New Company
B) The Invention of the Zipper
C) Doctors for Sore Backs
D) Going to the World's Fair
  • 24. Why did Whitcomb invent the zipper?
A) to close his coat faster
B) to make a lot of money
C) to help his friend
D) to become famous
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