Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

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.

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?

Numbered answers:

A: 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

Question: Iggy Azalea doesn't look like a rapper . On May 17, she attended the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, US, with pink hair and a blue coat. She looked like a model, but won big as a rapper. The 24-year-old Australian beat out big names like Nicki Minaj and Drake to win the award for Top Rap Artist.

It's a great achievement in many people's eyes, but Azalea knew what she wanted from the beginning. At 15 she dropped out of high school because she was only interested in art class. She worked as a house cleaner to save money for her dream the following year. Before her 16th birthday, Azalea left her home, a tiny town in Australia, for the US, making up her mind to become a rapper. Moving from Miami to Houston to Atlanta, she started rapping in the Southern-style accent of her surroundings and her single "Ignorant Art" came out in 2011. From then on, she has never looked back.

However, her style has caused lots of discussions. She might be one of the most polarizing artists. She raps with a southern American accent, even though she speaks with an Australian one. Many people comment that she overuses black culture in her music.

Her supporters are against it. Female American rapper MC Lyte defended Azalea in an interview, saying she should not be judged because of where she's from. "Hip hop is universal, no color1 lines." MC Lyte said. Azalea herself is proud of her music. "I really want to be focused on what I'm doing," she said in an interview."That's really dangerous when you're trying to figure out ways to entertain people and make them happy. I don't want to be a part of that." 1. Are her supporters for it?
2. Who defended her?
3. Did Lyte think Azzy should be judged on where she's from?
4. Do people think she's ripping off black culture in her music?
5. What does Lyte think about Hip Hop?
6. In what year did Iggy attend an award ceremony?
7. What month was it?
8. What about the day?
9. What was the actual ceremony for?
10. What city was it held in?
11. What country?
12. What color was Iggy's hair at the time?
13. Did she look more like a model or a housewife?
14. How old was Iggy when she dropped out of high school?
15. And how about when she beat out Drake for Top Rap Artist?
16. Who else did she win over?
17. What did she work as when she was saving money to follow her dreams?
18. What did she do before her 16th birthday?
19. Did she live in a big town in Australia?
20. Where'd she eventually end up in the States? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. No
2. MC Lyte
3. No
4. Yes
5. Hip hop is universal, no color1 lines
6. 2015
7. May
8. The 17th
9. Billboard Music Awards
10. Las Vegas
11. US
12. Pink
13. Model
14. 15
15. She was 24 years old
16. Nicki Minaj
17. As a house cleaner
18. She left her home
19. No
20. From Miami to Houston to Atlanta

Q: My mommy has a really cool job! She makes costumes for movie stars. She works in the attic of our house, so I get to see her work all the time. I watch every movie I can, and try to learn all of the different costumes by heart. Mommy says if I work hard and keep up my practice, one day I'll get to to make costumes for movie stars too! That job sounds like heaven.

One day I was in the attic, helping Mommy make a boot for a costume. They were covered in little beads, and mom had to sew them on. She kept dropping the needles on the ground. Then I was helping by picking them up. I was also helping by moving the lamp around so Mommy could see the boot better.

"Ouch!" I said. "I accidentally stuck my finger with the needle!"

My mommy looked at my finger, and gave it a kiss. "Welcome to the life of a costumer!"

1. Makes costumes
2. Yes
3. Movie stars
4. Yes
5. Beads
6. She sewed them
7. Yes
8. Dropping the needles
9. Yes
10. By picking them up
11. Yes
12. By moving the lamp
13. To see the boot better
14. Yes
15. She stuck my finger
16. Yes
17. Watch movies
18. To learn the different costumes
19. Yes
20. Her mother works in the attic

Numbered questions:
1. What does the mom do?
2. Is it a cool occupation?
3. Who are the costumes for?
4. Does she make shoes too?
5. What was it covered in?
6. How did she attach them to the boot?
7. Did she have any problems with this?
8. What was it?
9. Was the author helping with this?
10. How?
11. Did she do anything else?
12. What?
13. Why did the lamp need to be moved?
14. Did she have problems with the needles?
15. What?
16. Does the author want to follow in her mother's footsteps?
17. What did she do to prepare?
18. Why?
19. Did she watch her mother work?
20. How was she able to watch her work?