Marconi's Wireless Machine — Questions and answers

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What is Marconi trying to do with his wireless telegraph?

Choices

  1. Build a new type of ship.
  2. Compete in a running race.
  3. Send messages without wires, across the sea. ✓
  4. Invent a new kind of wire.

Answer: Send messages without wires, across the sea.

From page 4

What amazing feat did Marconi achieve by 1901?

Choices

  1. He went on a long vacation.
  2. He stopped inventing things.
  3. He sent a message across the Atlantic. ✓
  4. He built a new cave.

Answer: He sent a message across the Atlantic.

From page 8

What advice did Petra give Makena before she vanished?

Choices

  1. To go back to her groceries.
  2. To always use a smartphone.
  3. To keep learning and exploring. ✓
  4. To tell her mom about the cave.

Answer: To keep learning and exploring.

From page 9

What did Makena tell her mom Marconi's invention led to?

Choices

  1. Only old books.
  2. Groceries and snacks.
  3. Smartphones, the internet, and TV. ✓
  4. Only her leather notebook.

Answer: Smartphones, the internet, and TV.

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