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Quicksilver Bob: Robert Fulton
from
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston
1. What did Bob do with his drawings?
In Bob's day, guns had small drawings on them. Bob
drew fairly well. Some of the gunmakers put his drawings on their guns.
2. What did
Bob think about school? Did he like to learn?
Bob enjoyed learning how things worked. He did not like school.
He liked to figure out things on his own, which left little time for book learning. One day he was late to school because
he made himself a lead pencil. Another day, a teacher hit his knuckles with a ferrule as punishment. Bob retorted, "I
came here to have something beaten into my head, not my knuckles."
3. How did
people celebrate the Fourth of July? How was Bob going to celebrate it?
Most people lit candles in their windows
to celebrate the Fourth of July. These candles lit the whole town. One year, there was a candle shortage. The city asked people
not to waste their candles by lighting them on the Fourth of July. People agreed, but Bob wanted to celebrate it. He worked
to come up with something like rockets or Roman candles. He had decided that since the city wouldn't let him burn candles
on the Fourth, he would shoot his "candles" into the sky.
4. What did Bob
and Chris make to move a flat boat?
Bob liked to fish but he did not like to push the boat through the water
with poles. It was hard work. He designed a paddle wheel. Then he and his friend Chris made the paddle wheel. From then on,
Bob and his friend were able to hand crank the paddle wheel to move the flat boat across the water.
5.
Write a summary paragraph over "Quicksilver Bob: Robert Fulton."
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story of "Quicksilver Bob: Robert Fulton" can be found online. It's in the public domain. You can adapt
it for third-grade readers yourself, or download it immediately in SL3: Comprehension Questions and Reading Sheets, along with many other third-grade reading sheets. Preview
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