Scholastic Action: Dare to Dream

Foreshadow: hint or clue of what will happen later

Which of the following is the best example of foreshadowing of the resolution to the play?

• Robert: "Promise me you will wear your seat today."

• Robert: "This plane sure looks old, Bessie."

• All of the above

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Irony: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

Which is the best example of irony from the the play?

• Bessie: "That's right. After this, no more risking my life. I plan to open my flight school soon."

• Bessie: "I want to be a pilot. But every flight school I've tried to sign up for won't let me in."

• Bessie: "People kept telling me no but I didn't give up."

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Advocate: a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy

Which piece of text evidence best shows that Bessie Coleman was an advocate for equal rights?

• Bessie: "Imagine soaring through the air like that."

• Bessie: "Then I will not perform unless every spectator enters the same way."

• Bessie: "I want to be a pilot. But every flight school I've tried to sign up for won't let me in."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Bessie Coleman is an important person in the history of _____.

• Spectator

• Aviation

• Tailspin

• Determined

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The play “Dare to Dream” explains how she hoped to help Black students _______________ great things.

• Achieve

• Plummet

• Tailspin

• Spectator

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the play, Bessie refuses to perform at an airfield unless every __________________ can enter the same way.

• Aviation

• Achieve

• Spectator

• Plummet

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Toward the end of the play, Bessie’s plane goes into a dangerous ____________________.

• Aviation

• Tailspin

• Achievement

• Spectator

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

With no seat belt to hold her in place, Bessie ___________________ to her death.

• Achieves

• Aviation

• Plummets

• Spectates

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the Prologue, you learn that Bessie Coleman ______.

• Was born in Texas

• Went to France

• Was famous

• Visited a school

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

In Scene 1, Bessie talks with Gus the barber about flying. How are their views different?

• Bessie thinks it sounds exciting, and Gus thinks it sounds dangerous.

• Bessie thinks it’s important, and Gus thinks it’s pointless.

• Bessie doesn’t enjoy it, but Gus does.

• Bessie can’t afford to do it, and Gus can.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10