Reading Comprehension Scavenger Hunt

Name____________________________________#_________
Date ______________________________________________

Mary Anderson’s Great Invention

1. What is a biography?

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2.   What are two ways cars long ago were different from cars today?

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3.   What did drivers long ago use an onion to do?

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4.   What caused traffic to move slowly?

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5.   What was the problem that Mary was trying to solve?

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6.   How did drivers operate the first windshield wiper?

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7.   Why did it take so long for people to start using Mary’s invention?

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8.   Did cars long ago come with windshield wipers when you bought them?

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9. What did Mary’s idea make driving?

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10.   What were three other inventions that made driving safer?

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 Answer Key
Mary Anderson’s Great Invention

1.   What is a biography?
____A story written about someone’s life.________________________________________________________
2.   What are two ways cars long ago were different from cars today?
_________Not as fast, noisy, didn’t have windshield wipers._________________________________________

3.   What did drivers long ago use an onion to do?

__________To repel rain and sleet._____________________________________________________________________

4.   What caused traffic to move slowly?

_________Drivers had to stop, get out, and wipe off their windshields.____________________________

5.   What was the problem that Mary was trying to solve?

________Answers will vary. Drivers not being able to see, traffic moving slowly, etc._____________

6.   How did drivers operate the first windshield wiper?

________By using a handle inside the car.___________________________________________________________

7.   Why did it take so long for people to start using Mary’s invention?
___________Most people didn’t own cars._____________________________________________________________
8.   Did cars long ago come with windshield wipers when you bought them?
_____No, it says that when people starting buying cars the windshield wipers started selling.___

9. What did Mary’s idea make driving?

__________safer__________________________________and___________________easier___________________________
10   What were three other inventions that made driving safer?
____seat belts_______________ _______stop signs________________ _________turn signals____________

©themrsmartin 2016