Firsts in Flight Comprehension

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What is a main idea of “Wilbur and Orville Wright: Men with Wings”?

• The Wright brothers invent the first motor-powered plane that can truly fly.

• Along with the Wright brothers, five local seamen work together to test the plane.

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According to "Wilbur and Orville Wright: Men with Wings," why do people most remember the Wright brothers?

• They were pilots who also ran a bicycle store.

• They were successful because of teamwork.

Carolyn is writing a report about how the Wright brothers reacted when they achieved the first real flight in a plane.

Which information from “Wilbur and Orville: Men with Wings” could be integrated with the information from “The Inventive Wright Brothers” to achieve this?

• “Will grinned at them as they puffed across the dune and crowded around him. ‘I’m just fine,’ he said. ‘And, Orv, we did it! I just checked the watch. I was up fifty-nine seconds, and’—he looked back at the starting track—'covered something more than eight hundred feet!’”

• “Bishop Wright looked up from the slip of yellow paper that had just been delivered to him. He was smiling. ‘It’s from Orville,' he said. ‘They flew their airplane. It says here that they made four flights in it!’”

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Which response most accurately describes Coleman in “The Challenge: Bessie Coleman’s Story”?

• Coleman plans to have a career as a stylist.

• Coleman is fearless and never gives up.

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Question 4?

• She trains to be a pilot even though it is risky and continues to fly even after she is injured in a crash.

• Coleman gives lectures when she is not flying and encourages other people to train to be pilots.

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In “The Challenge: Bessie Coleman’s Story,” what happens because of Coleman’s decision to contact Robert S. Abbott?

• Coleman chooses to go to work for his newspaper as a writer.

• Abbott helps her find a place where she achieves her goal to become a pilot.

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Which response most accurately states a main idea of “Dangerous Adventure! Lindbergh’s Famous Flight”?

• Lindbergh is the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Lindbergh names his plane Spirit of St. Louis in honor of people who help him.

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Question 7?

• “On two different nights, Lindbergh had to jump out of his plane with a parachute.”

• “He had flown from New York to Paris without stopping, something no one had ever done before.”