My Brothers Flying Machine
9 Questions
| Total Attempts: 260
Questions and Answers
- 1.What does the word headlines mean in the sentence? Orv and Will read newspapers with headlines about flying machines.
- A.
Columns
- B.
Margins
- C.
Articles
- D.
Titles
- 2.What does the word unstable mean in the sentence? The young brothers know that a bicycle without a rider is unstable.
- A.
Steady
- B.
Unsteady
- C.
A small bike
- D.
Left in a stable
- 3.What does the word assured mean inthe sentence? Orv and Will feel that their sucess is assured.
- A.
Over
- B.
Unsure
- C.
Definite
- D.
Possible
- 4.Which of these do the boys think their FIRST model flying machine is?
- A.
Bat
- B.
A scale
- C.
A wheel
- D.
A clothespin
- 5.Which of these MOST LIKELY shows that the brothers are handy builders?
- A.
They are able to write articles about machines.
- B.
They build kites and a printing press
- C.
They enjoy working outside.
- D.
They make a lot of messes
- 6.What do the brothers do AFTER they run a print shop?
- A.
They finish school.
- B.
They write speeches.
- C.
They run a bike shop
- D.
They grow mustaches.
- 7.Where do the Wright brothers test fly their airplane , Flyer?
- A.
In Dayton, Ohio
- B.
In St. James, Florida
- C.
In San Diego, California
- D.
In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
- 8.Who is the narrator of the passage?
- A.
Orv
- B.
Will
- C.
Jane Yolen
- D.
Orv and Will's younger sister
- 9.Which of these BEST describes the difference between the narrator and the author in the passage?
- A.
There is no difference.
- B.
The narrator did not exist.
- C.
The narrator told the author what to write.
- D.
The author is writing as if she were Orv and Will's little sister.
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