Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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What was Snik’s real
name? a. | Sam Jenkins | c. | Sam Makins | b. | Sam
Dawkins | d. | Sam Denkins | | | | |
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How long had Miss Rasmussen
been teaching? a. | This was her first year. | c. | This was her fifth
year. | b. | She taught one year in another school. | d. | She was a substitute
teacher. | | | | |
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3.
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Who was on a poster in
Brenton’s room? a. | Bill Nye, the Science
Guy | c. | Jules Verne | b. | Thomas
Edison | d. | Leonardo DaVinci | | | | |
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4.
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What assignment was the first
real demonstration of the homework machine? a. | fill-in-the-blanks on the solar
system | c. | matching on geography terms | b. | short answers on the Civil
War | d. | long division | | | | |
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What did Sam offer in return
for using the homework machine? a. | $1 for each
assignment | c. | his friendship | b. | skateboard
lessons | d. | a place on the baseball team | | | | |
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How did Brenton get Snik
interested in chess? a. | He told him it would make him
cool. | c. | He challenged him to a game. | b. | He said it was a virtual war simulation. | d. | He said it would improve his
mind. | | | | |
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What did the kids nickname the
homework machine? a. | Brains | c. | Bonzo | b. | Brutus | d. | Belch | | | | |
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8.
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What did Brenton do just for
fun? a. | began a competitive game of chess on the Internet | b. | sold computer programs through the Internet | c. | passed on an Internet virus that started a red sock fad | d. | learned to make virtual comic books that he posted on the
Internet | | |
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What did the kids do when they
had a “homework vacation?” a. | played ping
pong | c. | made peanut butter cookies | b. | rode bikes around the
neighborhood | d. | played baseball | | | | |
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How did Sam and his dad play
chess together? a. | They had a game set up in the den. | c. | They talked on the phone every
week. | b. | They sent moves in the mail. | d. | They emailed moves through a
website. | | | | |
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What did the kids do to get rid
of the homework machine? a. | catapulted it into the Grand
Canyon | c. | sold it to Milner at a profit | b. | took a hammer to the CPU | d. | delivered it to the police station | | | | |
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What did Milner want to do with
the homework machine? a. | trick kids into buying
products | c. | teach kids to play chess | b. | help other kids with their
homework | d. | help kids whose parents were in the military | | | | |
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