Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new. Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They _ him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Was Edison well educated?
2. Did he go to school for long?
3. how long?
4. Who taught him after that?
5. was he married?
6. did he work a lot?
7. how much?
8. what is his most recgonized invention?
9. how many other things did he invent?
10. what was his first job?
11. where?
12. how did that end?
13. on purpose?
14. What was his next job?
15. How long did he work there?
16. when was his first patent?
17. for what?
18. Was he deaf?
19. in both ears?
20. was he saddened by it?
1. No
2. No
3. Three months.
4. His mother
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. 16 out of 24 hours
8. Electric light
9. 1201 other things
10. A newsboy
11. On a train.
12. He set a fire on the train.
13. No
14. Telegraph Operator
15. 5 years
16. in 1868
17. a vote recorder
18. Yes
19. Totally deaf in one
20. No