"Women in Aviation"

Authors, Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, are famous for writing over 100 biographies and non-fiction books about the achievements of:

• Men

• Women

• African Americans

• Latino Americans

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Who was the focus of the informational text, “Women in Aviation”?

• Female sailors

• Female athletes

• Female pilots

• Female chefs/cooks

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The informational text is written about women in aviation during which time period?

• Early 1700s

• Early 1800s

• Early 1900s

• Early 2000s

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What is the author's purpose for writing this text?

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

• To express thoughts or feelings

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How were women viewed in society during the early 1900s?

• Well-respected and admired

• Inferior to white men

• Superior to white men

• Everyone was equal

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Why were Harriet Quimby’s infamous words so significant during this time period? "Flying is easier than voting."

• Voting was a complicated process

• No one cared enough to vote

• Women were not allowed to vote

• Only women who were 65 and older could vote

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Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to ___________________.

• earn a pilot's license

• perform open heart surgery

• open a school for blind students

• to sail around the world

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Why did Bessie Coleman go to France to learn to fly?

• Flight school was more affordable

• She knew how to speak French

• Racial prejudice was less restrictive

• The best instructors lived in France

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What was the main cause of both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman's tragic deaths?

• Lack of strength and presence of mind

• Attempting to break a record

• Lack of safety precautions

• They were not licensed pilots

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"To the male reporters who inundated her with questions, Quimby fired back answers with self-confidence." What does the word inundate mean?

• to overwhelm

• to create confusion

• to underestimate

• to draw conclusions

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