Brave Bessie

What kind of text is this story?

• a folktale

• a biography

• a poem

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CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.1.10

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Where did Bessie grow up?

• Texas

• Canada

• Florida

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CCSS.RI.1.4

How did Bessie get books to read when she was little?

• She walked to the library.

• The library wagon stopped at her house.

• Her mother bought them for her.

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How did Bessie practice her numbers?

• She wrote her numbers each night.

• She counted each night with her brothers and sisters.

• She checked the money her family got for picking cotton.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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What did Bessie save her money for when she was eighteen?

• college

• new books

• a pair of boots

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Why didn’t Bessie stay in college?

• She was homesick.

• She did not like the professors.

• She could not afford it.

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Why did Bessie decide to move to Chicago?

• There was a flying school there.

• It was a big city where her brothers lived.

• She wanted to be a waitress in a big city.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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How did Bessie hear about lady pilots in World War I?

• From her brother, John.

• At her job in the barbershop.

• She read about them in a book.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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After working in the barbershop, what did Bessie want to learn to do?

• fly a plane

• cut hair

• drive a car

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Which word from the story is a synonym for find?

• hero

• agree

• discover

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CCSS.RI.1.4

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CCSS.RL.4.4