Excerpt from Amelia Earhart

According to the selection, why was Amelia unhappy with her flight on Friendship?

• Her landing was not smooth.

• She did not fly across the Pacific.

• Her plane disappeared.

• She was not the pilot.

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What evidence from the selection shows how Amelia supported other women who wanted to become pilots?

• Amelia wrote books and gave talks about flying.

• Amelia accepted a job at Purdue University.

• Amelia gave speeches with Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• Amelia started the group The Ninety-Nines in 1929.

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In paragraph 8, what is the meaing of the word originally?

• In the middle

• At the end

• In the beginning

• At a slow rate

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Whose wife made speeches with Amelia Earhart?

• Franklin Roosevelt's

• Wilmer Stultz's

• Edwin Elliot's

• Fred Noonan's

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In paragraph 10, what is the meaning of the word impressed?

• admired

• disliked

• forced

• imitated

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Why was Amelia Earhart asked to be a career counselor?

• She planned a flight around the world.

• She encouraged women's rights.

• She knew the president and his wife.

• She advised women students at Purdue.

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In paragraph 12, what is another name for navigator?

• Fighter

• Target

• Customer

• Guide

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What is the main idea of the selection?

• Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt gave speeches to support women's rights.

• Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane.

• Amelia Earhart was a deteremined female pilot who disappeared on a flight around the world.

• Amelia Earhart became a career counselor at Purdue and advised women students.

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