America's Best Girl
  • 1. What is one thing that didn't make crossing the English Channel difficult?
A) clinging seaweed
B) heavy ship traffic
C) The rocky coast
D) raw sewage and stinging jellyfish
  • 2. What was not true about Trudy Ederle?
A) She grew up in New York
B) She used to swim in the ocean every day
C) She was one of the best all around swimmers in the world
D) She crossed the English Channel the first time she tried
  • 3. Why did she put grease on her body?
A) to protect her from the sun
B) to protect her from the cold
C) to keep sharks away
D) to make her glide off the waves
  • 4. What did the people on the boat next to her do?
A) They sang silly songs to keep her from getting bored.
B) all of the things listed here
C) They carried a sign to encourage her
D) They tried to get her to stop when the weather got bad.
  • 5. The English Channel is...
A) A waterway between New York and England.
B) A waterway between England and Spain
C) A roadway between England and Spain
D) A waterway between England and France
  • 6. Why do you think the author wrote this article?
A) To try to persuade people from trying to swim the English Channel.
B) To report about Olympic Heroes from the past.
C) To provide an example of a woman who broke sterotypes and show that girls can do things as well as boys.
D) To teach people about the history of swimmers who tried to swim the English Channel.
  • 7. Trudy broke the old world record. The old record holder took close to how many hours to cross the channel?
A) 9
B) 18
C) 14
D) 16
  • 8. "Most people thought that no woman was strong enough to complete such an arduous swim." In this sentence, what does "arduous" mean?
A) long
B) dangerous
C) cold
D) difficult
  • 9. After completing her journey, Trudy had to stop competing. How did she feel about this?
A) depressed
B) Sad
C) Angry that she had crossed the channel
D) She felt okay because she had accomplished her life's biggest goal.
  • 10. After completing her journey, Trudy....
A) Had damaged her hearing.
B) Had all the injuries listed here.
C) Had a tongue that was swollen twice its normal size.
D) Had a stubbed toe.
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