5.2 Brave Bessie

1. What is the genre of this week's story?

• Biography
• Realistic Fiction
• Poetry
• Narrative Nonfiction

2. Where did Bessie live when she was a child?

• Oklahoma
• Texas
• Florida

3. How many brothers and sisters did Bessie have?

• 11
• 6
• 2

4. Where did Bessie move after she had to leave college?

• Chicago
• Ft. Smith
• Atlanta

5. Why did Bessie stop going to college?

• she didn't like college and didn't think it was important
• she couldn't afford to stay in school
• her mom made her quit

6. Where did Bessie work when she moved to Chicago?

• barbershop
• library
• Whataburger

7. Bessie discovered how hard it would be to become a pilot. What made it hard for Bessie to become a pilot?

• She was too short to learn how to fly an airplane.
• There is no such thing as lady pilots.
• Most people wouldn't teach someone with Bessie's skin color how to fly.

8. How did Bessie get to France?

• She flew her airplane.
• She took a train.
• She sailed on a steam ship.

9. What did Bessie do before she went to France?

• She took classes and learned how to speak French.
• She taught herself how to fly a plane.
• She got married to her high school sweetheart.

10. Bessie learned how to inspect a plane. What were the plane's wings made out of?

• paper and bones
• metal
• wood and cloth