Question

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This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.

Part A
What does the word ingenious mean in the passage?

1. clever

2. elaborate

3. popular

4. superior

Part B
Which detail from the passage best supports the correct answer
from Part A?

1. "address needs he saw in his community" (Paragraph 1)

"two flat, rounded pieces of wood" (Paragraph 2)

3. "simple, yet brilliant, idea" (Paragraph 2)

4. "difficult to attach" (Paragraph 2)

Answer 1

Part A: 1. clever

Part B: 3. "simple, yet brilliant, idea" — this phrase directly shows that the idea was ingenious (clever).