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2.C
3.B
4.C
5.C
1.According to "Michael Faraday's World," which intrigued Michael Faraday?
A.automobiles
B.airplanes
C.photography
D.batteries
2.How are the operating room in the Williams story and the atom-splitting lab in the Fermi story alike?
A.They are both places where major conflicts occur.
B.They are both places where medical breakthroughs occur.
C.They are both places where top-secret work is done.
D.They are both places of great excitement
3.Which describes all of the scientists?
A.talkative
B.curious
C.pessimistic
D.wealthy
4.Which best explains the difference between historical fiction and fact in a story?
A.Historical fiction relates only to famous people, while facts can be about anyone.
B.Historical fiction is always based on historical events, while facts do not relate to history.
C.Historical fiction includes imagined details that add dramatic interest, while facts are provable.
D.Historical fiction includes details about people, while facts are about discoveries.
5.Why does the author of "Nikola Tesla, Inventor" include details about Tesla preferring to use 18 napkins with each meal, Tesla's claim that he would be able to communicate with the "residents of Mars" if they knew how to receive his signals, and about Tesla shorting out the power system of Colorado Springs by sending lightning bolts 135 feet into the air?
A.to highlight the differences between Tesla and the "arrogant and impatient" Thomas Edison
B.to show that Tesla's ideas were "rarely useful" in the real world
C.to highlight some aspects of Tesla's "peculiar personality"
D.to suggest that Tesla was "untrustworthy and foolhardy" when he was quite young
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2.) b.
3.) b.
4.) a.
5.) c.
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