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All About Zippers #2
Contributed by: Manzitto
  • 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) 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 sells rain boots
B) a man who goes to the World's Fair
C) a man who invents the zipper
D) a man who wants to be famous
  • 5. What are hooks and eyes used for?
A) closing shoes
B) sewing
C) catching fish
D) seeing
  • 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) Whitcomb invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
B) Whitcomb sold his clasp locker at the World's Fair held in Chicago.
C) The BFGoodrich Company decided to sell rain boots using the clasp locker.
D) The name of the "clasp locker" was changed to "zipper".
  • 8. What kind of shoes did Whitcomb's friend most likely have?
A) snap
B) lace-up
C) zipper
D) button
  • 9. What is the root word of easily?
A) easli
B) easi
C) east
D) easy
  • 10. Why did Whitcomb Judson invent the zipper?
A) to sell invention to BF Goodrich
B) to become famous
C) to help a friend
D) to create something
  • 11. How did zippers get their name?
A) The clasp and locker were named after the inventor.
B) The clasp and locker made a zip sound.
C) Zippers were a quicker and better method of closure.
D) Whitcomb Judson's friend made the suggestion.
  • 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) forty
B) twenty
C) ten
D) two
  • 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 persuade the reader to buy a zipper
B) to inform the reader about the invention of zippers
C) to entertain the reader with an untrue story
D) to explain how zippers work
  • 16. What is the genre of this passage?
A) nonfiction
B) fiction
C) folk tale
D) historical fiction
  • 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 started a company to make the new invention.
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 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 calls his invention a "clasp locker."
C) Whitcomb Judson dies.
D) Whitcomb Judson starts a company.
  • 20. What best describes the relationship between sore and soar?
A) antonyms
B) homophones
C) synonyms
D) metaphors
  • 21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Zippers were invented to make fastening shoes and boots easier.
B) Many new inventions were introduced at the World's Fair.
C) Gideon Sundback invented the zipper.
D) Whitcomb L. Judson invented the underground streetcar.
  • 22. The word zip is an example of which literary device?
A) simile
B) alliteration
C) onomatopoeia
D) personification
  • 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 make a lot of money
C) to close his coat faster
D) to become famous
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