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All About Zippers #2
Contributed by: Manzitto
  • 1. The word zippers is which form of a noun?
A) plural
B) plural possessive
C) singular possessive
D) singular
  • 2. Which word is possessive?
A) used
B) chains
C) she's
D) world's
  • 3. What was the problem with the clasp locker?
A) The clasp locker could only be used on shoes.
B) Only twenty clasp lockers sold at the World's Fair.
C) It was difficult for people to fasten shoes with buttons.
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 wants to be famous
C) a man who invents the zipper
D) a man who sells rain boots
  • 5. What are hooks and eyes used for?
A) closing shoes
B) catching fish
C) seeing
D) sewing
  • 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) The name of the "clasp locker" was changed to "zipper".
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) Whitcomb invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
  • 8. What kind of shoes did Whitcomb's friend most likely have?
A) snap
B) zipper
C) lace-up
D) button
  • 9. What is the root word of easily?
A) easy
B) easli
C) east
D) easi
  • 10. Why did Whitcomb Judson invent the zipper?
A) to create something
B) to become famous
C) to help a friend
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) The clasp and locker made a zip sound.
C) Whitcomb Judson's friend made the suggestion.
D) The clasp and locker were named after the inventor.
  • 12. What did Whitcomb sell at the World's Fair?
A) chains
B) button hooks
C) clasp lockers
D) snaps
  • 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) He invented a new kind of streetcar that ran on an underground track.
B) It would let people close their shoes with just one hand.
C) Clasp lockers made a zip sound when opened and closed.
D) It looked like two chains with hooks.
  • 15. What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
A) to inform the reader about the invention of zippers
B) to persuade the reader to buy a zipper
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) He needed to do a project using metal.
B) Mail was falling out of bags.
C) It took two hands to close shoes.
D) Whitcomb L. Judson was given money to invent something.
  • 18. Which event happened last?
A) Whitcomb started a company to make the new invention.
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 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 calls his invention a "clasp locker."
D) Whitcomb Judson dies.
  • 20. What best describes the relationship between sore and soar?
A) synonyms
B) metaphors
C) antonyms
D) homophones
  • 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) alliteration
B) simile
C) personification
D) onomatopoeia
  • 23. What would be another title for the passage?
A) Doctors for Sore Backs
B) The Invention of the Zipper
C) A New Company
D) Going to the World's Fair
  • 24. Why did Whitcomb invent the zipper?
A) to become famous
B) to close his coat faster
C) to help his friend
D) to make a lot of money
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