"Women In Aviation" and Author's Purpose

Why did Bessie Coleman leave the US to go to France?

• She had learned to speak French.

• There were less restrictions for African Americans in France.

• She took her first solo flight from the US to France.

• Her brother and his family had moved to France.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

RESTRICTIVE means

• limiting

• freeing

• classic

• first

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Harriet Quimby was the first

• African-American pilot.

• female to make a solo flight to France.

• female pilot to die.

• American female to earn a pilot's license.

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Bessie Coleman had a dream to

• make a solo flight around the world.

• open a flight school for women and African Americans.

• work for NASA.

• work as a flight mechanic.

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Bessie Coleman was the first African American to earn a pilot's license.

• True

• False

A precaution is

• an action taken to keep one safe.

• a belief that females are inferior to males.

• a daring flight maneuver.

• a type of segregation.

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After Bessie Coleman and Harriet Quimby died, the media reported that their deaths

• were due to flaws in the aeroplanes they were flying.

• were due to a mechanical errors.

• were due to the way they were trained in flight school.

• were due to the fact that they were women, making them inferior pilots.

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What factor contributed to the deaths of both Bessie Coleman and Harriet Quimby?

• lack of proper training as pilots

• lack of safety precautions

• little knowledge of the mechanics of their planes

• old age

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CCSS.RI.7.3

Inundate means to

• overwhelm

• please

• frighten

• calm

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An exhibition is a

• a daring display

• an early aeroplane

• a performance

• a type of flight school

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