Available Answers

1. 1.

   Para 1 suggests that Isaac was born with his great abilities. What supports that idea in para 2?

2. 2.

   What high hopes did the grandmother have for her grandson's future? What hopes did the neighbours have? (paras 3-4)

3. 3.

   What was the second ability, after the mechanical skill, that people noticed in the boy Isaac? What did they think he would go on to do? What showed that they were not wrong? (paras 5-6) 

4. 4.

   Isaac's grandmother was now able to tell the time of day whether it was bright or cloudy. How? (para 7)

5. 5.

   What did the wind do to make a windmill work? (para 9) 

6. 6.

   Did the little model built by Isaac actually do the work of a windmill? How can you tell? (para 10)