Brave Bessie Comprehension

The genre for Brave Bessie is

• fiction

• biography

• expository text

• narrative nonfiction

What is a biography?

• a true story about a real person

• a made up story about a made up character

Bessie daydreamed of becoming

• a famous singer

• someone special

• a school teacher

• an artist

Why did Bessie have to leave college?

• her family needed her

• she could not afford it

• she graduated

• she was kicked out

How did Bessie become interested in flying?

• she learned about planes in college

• she met a lady pilot

• she heard John talk about lady pilots

• she liked to jump out of planes with a parachute

Why could Bessie not find someone in the USA to teach her to fly?

• she was a woman

• she did not have enough money

• there were no pilot schools in the USA

• they would not teach a person with her skin color

What did Bessie have to do BEFORE she went to France?

• learn to fly a plane

• buy a home

• learn to speak French

• buy a plane

Bessie Coleman was determined to succeed at becoming a pilot is the theme of this story.

• True

• False

Bessie Coleman never achieved her dream of becoming someone special.

• True

• False

Why did the author write this selection?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain