Brave Bessie Comprehension
Authored by Sara Kreiser
English
2nd Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How many brothers and sisters did Bessie Coleman have?
None. She was an only child.
2 sisters.
2 brothers.
11 brothers and sisters
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Why did Bessie stop going to college?
It cost too much money and she could not afford it.
She failed her classes.
She got a job and didn't need school.
She never went to college.
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.9
CCSS.RI.5.9
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
When Bessie moved to Chicago to live with her 2 brothers, what did she do for work?
Bessie didn't work.
She worked at a school.
She worked at a barbershop.
Bessie worked as a waitress at a coffee shop.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Where did Bessie hear about lady pilots in France?
In the newspaper
On the internet
At the barbershop
Her mom told her.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Why would Bessie have to travel all the way to France to learn to fly?
No one would teach her because of her skin color and she was a woman.
She wanted to go to France, it sounded fun.
France was the only place to learn to fly.
She could have just stayed in the United States to learn.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.1.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How did Bessie get to France?
She drove
She flew a plane-- she was a pilot.
A steamboat
She took a train.
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.3
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.3.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.K.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How did Bessie communicate with her teachers and others while living in France?
She wrote everything down.
She did not talk to people.
Bessie learned sign language.
Bessie learned to speak French.
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.1.4
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