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WorksheetsBessie Coleman
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of these women is Bessie Coleman
Where was Bessie Coleman born?
Boston, Massachusetts
Atlanta, Georgia
Phoenix, Arizona
Atlanta, Texas
What was Bessie's mother's job?
Pilot
Maid
Super model
Flight attendant
What did Bessie's father do for a living.
Sharecropper
Chef
He worked at Circle K
Astronaut
Which of the following are true about Bessie Coleman?
(Check all that apply)
She was born in 1892.
She had 12 siblings.
She dropped out of college after one semester because she couldn't afford it.
She bred show dogs.
Her brothers served in the military in WWI.
Which of the following was not one of Bessie's nicknames?
Queen Bess
Messy Bessie
Brave Bessie
The Only Race Aviatrix in the World
After Bessie moved to Chicago what job did she have?
She painted poles in front of buildings.
She worked in a candy cane factory.
She was a manicurist in a barber shop.
She was a submarine skipper.
What made Bessie want to become a pilot?
She loved airplanes.
Her brothers teasing her about women not being able to become pilots.
She was tired of flying paper airplanes.
She didn't want to become a pilot.
Who told Bessie about flight schools in France and helped her get there?
Lou Costello
Freddy Finkerbean
Robert Abbott
Jay Leno
Why did Bessie go to France to get her pilots license?
(Check all that apply)
French toast and french fries were her favorite foods.
Flight schools in the U.S would not train women.
All of the books she bought on flying were written in French and she wanted to find out what they said.
Flight schools in the U.S would not train African Americans.
Flight school was cheaper in France.
Before moving to France to learn how to fly what did Bessie do?
Took cooking classes to learn how to make croissants, french bread and escargot.
Put only French's mustard on her hot dogs because in France they don't have any other hot dog toppings.
Wrote a long letter to the flight schools in the U.S. giving them a piece of her mind.
Learned French.
What was Bessie's dream?
Making the best open faced roast beef sandwich in the world.
Learning how to knit a really nice pair of mittens.
To own here own airplane and flight school.
Become a famous YouTuber.
Which is not true about Bessie Coleman after she got her pilots license.
First African American woman to get her pilots license.
First Native American woman to get her pilots license.
Once "buzzed" a White House press conference to mess up the presidents hair.
Refused to speak anywhere that was segregated or discriminated against African Americans.
She performed the first public flight by an African American woman.
What happened to Bessie In February of 1923?
She got her big break on Broadway.
She became the first woman to do a figure "8".
She learned to speak French.
She was badly injured but survived her first major air crash.
How did Bessie die?
She is still alive (as of 2021).
She died in a nursing home in Nebraska.
She died in an air accident.
She died of a heart attack.
