Women In Aviation Test Review

Why is Bessie Coleman an important figure?

• She gave flying exhibitions and lectured on aviation.

• Her flight instructor said she was a "natural talent."

• She was determined to start a flying school for African Americans.

• She was the first African-American to earn a pilot's license.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Choose the word that BEST completes the sentence: The students attended a public ____________, where the Air Force Thunderbirds performed.

• exhibition

• flying

• show

• experiment

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

What was Harriet Quimby's distinction?

• She said, "Flying is easier than voting."

• She was the first woman in the world to earn a pilot's license.

• She was the first American woman to make a solo balloon flight.

• She was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

According to the authors, why did the United States lag behind Europe in developing a strong aviation program?

• The United Stats was the birthplace of flight.

• There was less racial prejudice in Europe.

• European leaders understood the commercial and military advantages.

• African-Americans went to Europe to be trained as pilots.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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Bessie Coleman was the first African American woman to...

• Open a school for blind students

• Fly around the world

• Earn a pilots license

• Fly a hot air balloon

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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

• The best instructors were in France.

• Racial prejudice was less restrictive.

• She knew how to speak French.

• The cost of flight school was less.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the word that means: "Proof from the text used to support your ideas and arguments"?

• Inference

• Text Evidence

• Analysis

• Reason

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Which statement best reveals the authors' perspective on their topic?

• "Though she did not fly, Katherine Wright was a major supporter of her brothers"

• "The story of women in aviation actually goes back to the time of the hot-air balloons."

• "American aviation was from its very beginnings marred with sexist and racist assumptions."

• "The strict rules and regulations that govern aviation today didn't exist during the first three decades.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What factor contributed to the deaths of both Harriet Quimby and Bessie Coleman?

• Lack of strength and presence of mind

• Lack of safety precautions

• Attempting to break a record

• Giving flying exhibitions

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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CCSS.RL.8.5

Which statement Best supports Bessie Coleman's efforts to become a pilot

• Bessie Coleman was born in 1893 in Atlanta, Texas, the twelfth of thirteen children.

• Bessie Coleman refused to accept the limitations others tried to place on her.

• The encouragement paid off, because Coleman graduated from high school, a feat not too man black women were able to accomplish in the early 1900's.

• Coleman learned about flying from reading newspaper accounts of air battles during World War 1.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1