Wilma Unlimited Reading

How many brothers and sisters did Wilma have to watch over her?

• 3

• 19

• 10

• 1

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Why didn't people expect Wilma to have a first birthday?

• She was born with a severe case of polio.

• Her mother had died giving birth to her.

• She had a severe case of pneumonia.

• She weighed just four pounds at birth.

Wilma worried people because she was so?

• Energetic and bouncy.

• Cute and cuddly.

• Small and sickly.

• Sad and lonely.

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When Wilma had contracted polio, it was thought that she?

• Had caught it from her mother.

• Would never walk again.

• Might have to have her leg cut off.

• Would lose her scholarship.

When Wilma and her mother rode the bus to the hospital, what part of the bus did they have to sit because they were black?

• Next to the driver.

• The three seats on the side.

• The front four seats.

• The back of the bus.

Why didn't Wilma attend school?

• She didn't own a pair of shoes.

• The school didn't allow blacks to enroll.

• The school wouldn't let her enroll because she couldn't walk.

• The family needed her to work in the fields.

The first time Wilma walked without a brace was?

• To get a hug from her father.

• Her first day of school.

• Down the aisle of the church.

• Across the room into her mother's arms.

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How old was Wilma when she was able to take of her brace?

• 5

• 21

• 12

• 18

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Wilma Rudolph, once known as the sickliest child in Clarksville had become?

• The proudest women ever.

• The fastest woman in the world.

• The best basketball player ever.

• The strongest woman of all time.

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Wilma forgot about her ankle and everything else, she lunged forward not thinking about her fear. What does lunged mean in this context.

• Walked forward slowly.

• Sudden thrust leaning forward.

• Leaning backward.

• Trotting quickly.

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