Reading Comprehension Garrett Morgan Directions: After answering the follwing questions, click on the "See Your Results" button to see the answers. Enter Your Name If you need to return to the story, click on the Red Arrow. 1. What is a good title for this story? a. How to Drive in City Traffic b. The First Automobile in the United States c. The Inventor of the First Automatic Traffic Signal d. The Inventor of the Pyramids 2. What was not mentioned in this story? a. during the 1920s there were many cars on the road b. the traffic officer controlled traffic. c. Garrett Morgan patented his traffic signal on November 20, 1923 d. Garrett Morgan also invented a gas mask on October 13, 1914 3. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris,____________ in 1877. a. France b. Kentucky c. Missouri d. Baltimore 4. What was the impact of Morgan's invention? a. fewer cars were left on the road b. his traffic signal stopped traffic in six different directions c. lives of pedestrians and drivers were saved d. Garrett A. Morgan controlled the traffic every day 5. Why did Garrett A. Morgan invent his automatic traffic signal? a. to catch drivers without auto insurance b. to decrease the number of traffic accidents c. to make drivers late for work d. to make the police officer's job easier Thanks for stopping by!
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2. What was not mentioned in this story? a. during the 1920s there were many cars on the road b. the traffic officer controlled traffic. c. Garrett Morgan patented his traffic signal on November 20, 1923 d. Garrett Morgan also invented a gas mask on October 13, 1914
3. Garrett Morgan was born in Paris,____________ in 1877. a. France b. Kentucky c. Missouri d. Baltimore
4. What was the impact of Morgan's invention? a. fewer cars were left on the road b. his traffic signal stopped traffic in six different directions c. lives of pedestrians and drivers were saved d. Garrett A. Morgan controlled the traffic every day
5. Why did Garrett A. Morgan invent his automatic traffic signal? a. to catch drivers without auto insurance b. to decrease the number of traffic accidents c. to make drivers late for work d. to make the police officer's job easier