Excerpt from Amelia Earhart

9 - According to the selection, why was Amelia unhappy with her flight on Friendship?

• A) Her landing was not smooth.

• B) She did not fly across the Pacific.

• C) Her plane disappeared.

• D) She was not the pilot.

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10 - What evidence from the selection shows how Amelia supported other women who wanted to become pilots?

• A) Amelia wrote books and gave talks about flying.

• B) Amelia accepted a job at Purdue University.

• C) Amelia gave speeches with Franklin D. Roosevelt.

• D) Amelia started the group Ninety-Nines in 1929.

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11 - In paragraph 8, what is the meaning of the word originally?

• A) in the middle

• B) at the end

• C) in the beginning

• D) at a slow rate

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12 - Whose wife made speeches with Amelia Earhart?

• A) Franklin Roosevelt's

• B) Wilmer Stultz's

• C) Edwin Elliot's

• D) Fred Noonan's

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13 - In paragraph 10, what is the meaning of the word impressed?

• A) admired

• B) disliked

• C) forced

• D) imitated

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14 - Why was Amelia Earhart asked to be a career counselor?

• A) She planned a flight around the world.

• B) She encouraged women's rights.

• C) She knew the president and his wife.

• D) She advised women students at Purdue.

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15 - In paragraph 12, what is another name for navigator?

• A) fighter

• B) target

• C) customer

• D) guide

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16- What is the main idea of the selection?

• A) Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt gave speeches to support women's rights.

• B) Amelia Earhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane.

• C) Amelia Earhart was a determined female pilot who disappeared on a flight around the world.

• Amelia Earhart became a career counselor at Purdue and advised women students.

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