Brave Harriet Quiz

Why did Harriet want to become a pilot?

• Harriet was tired of being a newspaper reporter.

• Harriet's Dad wanted her to be a pilot.

• Harriet knew the moment she saw an airplane flying that that's what she wanted to do with her life.

• Harriet liked to drive cars, so she wanted to do that in the air.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why didn't people want Harriet to get her pilot's license?

• Women didn't usually become pilots.

• People didn't think she would be good at it.

• Harriet was nervous to get her pilot's license.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What evidence from the text best supports that pilots thought Harriet was crazy for wanting to fly across the English Channel.

• "The next day I was already flying air shows."

• "This foolishness could be the death of your. It's beastly cold, you'll see nothing but blasted fog, and you'll only have a compass to guide you."

• "I can use a compass," I insisted.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read this excerpt from the text:

"As I climbed into the cockpit, Gustav joined the six other men straining to hold down my plane. It had no brakes, so they kept me on the ground by pulling on the wheels and tail while I started the engine."

What does the word straining mean?

• working hard

• flying

• seeing

• easily

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

On the last page of the book, it says:

"But it didn't matter, because I knew I had done it. I'd had my time in the clouds, my time surrounded by blue, and that was enough for me."

What evidence best supports that Harriet was proud of herself?

• "I'd had my time in the clouds."

• "The women hoisted me aloft once again in triumph."

• "That was enough for me."

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2