Runner

What is the topic of this article, "The Bandit Runner"

• the history of the Boston Marathon

• why women should not run in marathons

• the first woman to run in the Boston Marathon

• how a runner stole from other runners during a marathon

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What will be the most important fact about the “bandit runner”?

• The bandit runner is wearing a hooded sweatshirt.

• The bandit runner is a woman.

• The bandit runner is running without permission.

• The bandit runner is the fastest runner.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Skim the next two paragraphs quickly. What will this next part of the text talk about?

“Bobbi wrote for an application to the Boston Marathon. A stern reply from the race’s director, Will Cloney, stated that women were physically incapable of running 26 miles and were restricted to running races no longer than 1.5 miles. Bobbi was stunned. She had heard that the marathon was open to every person in the world. In 1966, however, doctors believed that such strenuous activity would cause internal injury to women. A woman marathoner might even die! Bobbi knew otherwise. Her initial anger ignited a fire, and the normally private twenty-three-year-old suddenly had something to prove. At a time when women were barred from many professions and expected to get married right out of college, Bobbi realized, “I was running for a lot more than just my own personal challenge. I was actually running to change the way people thought about women.”

• Gibb’s history of outrunning horses and other fast creatures

  
  

• how Gibb got angry about being a poor runner and started setting things on fire

• why Gibb decided that women shouldn’t try to run for 26 miles

• how Gibb prepared for and tried to enter the Boston Marathon

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What new reason did Gibb have for running in the marathon?

• to show that Will Cloney was breaking his own rule

• to change how people thought about women

• to become the most famous runner in Boston

• to avoid getting married after college

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does Bobbi say that she runs?

• So that she could change the way people thought of women.

• So that she could prove she was the best runner.

• So that she could beat a world record.

• Because she just liked to run.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

What was one reason Gibb was nervous about taking off her sweatshirt?

• She was worried she would get cold.

• She didn’t want to stop running to take it off.

• She would be breaking the rules.

• She feared the crowd’s reaction to a woman runner.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

How did the men in the race and the women onlookers react to Gibbs?

• They reported her to officials.

• They were offended.

• They ignored her.

• They supported her.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Why was Gibb concerned she might not finish the race?

• She was dehydrated and getting bad blisters on her feet.

• She could see officials coming to stop her.

• Other runners were passing her.

• She wasn’t really strong enough to run 26 miles.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why did Gibb run in 1967 and 1968 as an unregistered runner?

• Women were still not allowed to register.

• She wanted more practice before registering.

• The Boston Marathon had banned her specifically.

• She liked being a mysterious “bandit runner.”

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CCSS.RI.5.5

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