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) she's
B) used
C) chains
D) world's
  • 3. What was the problem with the clasp locker?
A) The clasp locker could only be used on shoes.
B) It was difficult for people to fasten shoes with buttons.
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 sells rain boots
B) a man who goes to the World's Fair
C) a man who wants to be famous
D) a man who invents the zipper
  • 5. What are hooks and eyes used for?
A) sewing
B) catching fish
C) closing shoes
D) seeing
  • 6. Which sentence about Whitcomb Judson is a fact?
A) Whitcomb Judson was upset because Gideon changed his invention.
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 a creative inventor.
  • 7. Which event from the passage happened in 1893?
A) The BFGoodrich Company decided to sell rain boots using the clasp locker.
B) The name of the "clasp locker" was changed to "zipper".
C) Whitcomb invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
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) button
B) lace-up
C) zipper
D) snap
  • 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 create something
B) to help a friend
C) to become famous
D) to sell invention to BF Goodrich
  • 11. How did zippers get their name?
A) Zippers were a quicker and better method of closure.
B) Whitcomb Judson's friend made the suggestion.
C) The clasp and locker made a zip sound.
D) The clasp and locker were named after the inventor.
  • 12. What did Whitcomb sell at the World's Fair?
A) button hooks
B) clasp lockers
C) chains
D) snaps
  • 13. How many clasp lockers did Whitcomb L. Judson sell at the World's Fair?
A) twenty
B) ten
C) two
D) forty
  • 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 explain how zippers work
C) to inform the reader about the invention of zippers
D) to entertain the reader with an untrue story
  • 16. What is the genre of this passage?
A) fiction
B) historical fiction
C) folk tale
D) nonfiction
  • 17. Which cause describes why zippers were invented?
A) Mail was falling out of bags.
B) He needed to do a project using metal.
C) It took two hands to close shoes.
D) Whitcomb L. Judson was given money to invent something.
  • 18. Which event happened last?
A) The B.F. Goodrich Company decided to use the clasp lockers on their rain boots.
B) Gideon Sundback made many changes to the invention.
C) Whitcomb started a company to make the new invention.
D) Whitcomb sold twenty clasp lockers at the 1893 World's Fair.
  • 19. Which event happens first in the passage?
A) Whitcomb Judson goes to the World's Fair.
B) Whitcomb Judson starts a company.
C) Whitcomb Judson dies.
D) Whitcomb Judson calls his invention a "clasp locker."
  • 20. What best describes the relationship between sore and soar?
A) homophones
B) antonyms
C) metaphors
D) synonyms
  • 21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Whitcomb L. Judson invented the underground streetcar.
B) Gideon Sundback invented the zipper.
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) personification
B) simile
C) onomatopoeia
D) alliteration
  • 23. What would be another title for the passage?
A) Doctors for Sore Backs
B) Going to the World's Fair
C) A New Company
D) The Invention of the Zipper
  • 24. Why did Whitcomb invent the zipper?
A) to help his friend
B) to make a lot of money
C) to close his coat faster
D) to become famous
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