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Amelia and Eleanor
  • 1. Dan knew it wasn't _________ to buy a new car when there was nothing wrong with his old one.
A) elegant
B) starstruck
C) outspoken
D) practical
  • 2. Heather took her dog for a ___________walk each day.
A) brisk
B) elevations
C) elegant
D) salary
  • 3. May is very ________ about the things that are important to her.
A) outspoken
B) elevations
C) miniatures
D) marveled
  • 4. We could see the different ____________ of the mountains from the window of the airplane.
A) starstruck
B) brisk
C) salary
D) elevations
  • 5. Aunt Sophie has a collection of over forty _________ on one shelf.
A) starstruck
B) miniatures
C) elevations
D) immigrants
  • 6. Getting dressed u made Jenna feel __________.
A) elegant
B) modest
C) practical
D) marveled
  • 7. The darkness helped me see the beauty of the __________ sky.
A) outspoken
B) elevations
C) starstruck
D) miniatures
  • 8. The teacher ____________ at the fact that every student earned an A on the spelling test.
A) practical
B) starstruck
C) marveled
D) outspoken
  • 9. In this story, what does the expression, "birds of a feather" say about Amelia and Eleanor?
A) They were alike in many ways
B) They both loved birds.
C) They had nothing in common
D) They wished they could fly like real birds, and swoop down and gobble up worms and stuff like that.
  • 10. Amelia and Eleanor are both famous. They are ______________.
A) an actress and a reporter
B) a TV star and an inventor
C) a president and a singer
D) a pilot and the wife of the president
  • 11. What is so unusual about Amelia flying a plane in 1933?
A) Amelia hated airplanes
B) Airplanes hadn't been invented yet.
C) Her husband wouldn't let her fly.
D) Very few women were flying planes at that time.
  • 12. Why does Amelia encourage Eleanor to get her student pilot's license?
A) Amelia knows that Eleanor's husband wants her to fly.
B) It's much safer than driving in a car, which is actually, statistically true - today. But I can't believe it was so at that point, but who knows? Not me. Anyway, this is not the right answer - choose another one, preferably the right one.
C) Amelia wants Eleanor to take her place as a pilot.
D) Amelia knows Eleanor can do anything she sets her mind to.
  • 13. Why does everyone at the dinner party want to know what it's like to fly at night?
A) They don't believe that anyone had ever flown at night.
B) They don't have anything else to talk about, and are tired of those awkward silences. They know that Amelia will prattle on for some time, if given the right topic to drone on about.
C) They want to make Amelia feel important.
D) Very few people have ever flown at night, and they are curious.
  • 14. Amelia and Eleanor are similar because they both are _________________.
A) married to famous husbands
B) very adventurous
C) afraid to fly at night
D) very timid people
  • 15. What does Amelia ask Eleanor to do after dinner that is surprising?
A) give her more dessert
B) have lunch the next day
C) go shopping with her
D) take a flight to Baltimore so she can see the night sky
  • 16. Why does Eleanor say it's like sitting on top of the world when they are flying?
A) They are so high up, the buildings look like tiny miniatures.
B) They go around the world.
C) They are flying very fast.
D) They are at the top of a tall mountain
  • 17. Why does the reporter ask Eleanor if she felt "safe knowing a girl was flying that ship"?
A) Amelia is not a good pilot.
B) The reporter can't think of anything else to ask.
C) People thought it was strange that a woman could fly a plane.
D) Eleanor looked scared when she got off the plane, and smelled a bit like vomit.
  • 18. Instead of going into the White House, Amelia and Eleanor go______________.
A) back to the airport
B) to the Secret Service agent's house
C) for a ride in Eleanor's brand-new car
D) to the movies
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