Riding Freedom

How is Charlotte different from other coach drivers?

• She drives a smaller team

• She is female and is blind in one eye

• She is young and afraid to drive in the rain

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CCSS.RL.3.3

Charlotte knows she is as good as the other drives because she-

• watched other drivers

• made ten clean, round-trip runs

• crossed an old bridge successfully

How is Charlotte's driving different from James's?

• James drives by sight. Charlotte drives by smell and hearing

• James never drives in a storm. Charlotte drives in a storm.

• James drives passengers across a river. Charlotte makes them get off.

James said that Charlotte can drive "if the weather holds" because-

• he does not like traveling in the rain

• he does not want the horses to get wet

• he does not want to get hurt

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CCSS.L.3.5A

At the beginning of the story, both Charlotte and James know that Charlotte-

• is too young to drive a coach

• has a good reputation as a driver

• will be accepted by the passengers

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CCSS.RL.3.1

The passengers think Charlotte-

• is a man

• gets them lost

• is a new driver

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CCSS.RL.3.1

How is one passenger different from all the others?

• He has too much luggage

• He refused to get out at the bridge

• He refuses to ride with Charlotte as the driver

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

How does what happened on the bridge compare to what Charlotte would happen?

• The horses stay calm as Charlotte knew they would

• Charlotte is surprised by the lightning and thunder.

• The bridge collapses as Charlotte feared it would.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

At the end of the story, the reader can tell that James-

• will continue to let Charlotte drive

• wants to fire Charlotte as the driver

• is upset that Charlotte drove across the bridge

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.3

How does the author show that this story happens long ago?

• Charlotte moves to California

• The travelers use stagecoaches.

• The river washes out the bridge.