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America's Best Girl
Prispevano od: Adler
  • 1. What is one thing that didn't make crossing the English Channel difficult?
A) heavy ship traffic
B) The rocky coast
C) clinging seaweed
D) raw sewage and stinging jellyfish
  • 2. What was not true about Trudy Ederle?
A) She used to swim in the ocean every day
B) She was one of the best all around swimmers in the world
C) She crossed the English Channel the first time she tried
D) She grew up in New York
  • 3. Why did she put grease on her body?
A) to keep sharks away
B) to make her glide off the waves
C) to protect her from the cold
D) to protect her from the sun
  • 4. What did the people on the boat next to her do?
A) They carried a sign to encourage her
B) all of the things listed here
C) They tried to get her to stop when the weather got bad.
D) They sang silly songs to keep her from getting bored.
  • 5. The English Channel is...
A) A waterway between England and Spain
B) A roadway between England and Spain
C) A waterway between England and France
D) A waterway between New York and England.
  • 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 teach people about the history of swimmers who tried to swim the English Channel.
C) To report about Olympic Heroes from the past.
D) To provide an example of a woman who broke sterotypes and show that girls can do things as well as boys.
  • 7. Trudy broke the old world record. The old record holder took close to how many hours to cross the channel?
A) 18
B) 9
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) difficult
B) long
C) dangerous
D) cold
  • 9. After completing her journey, Trudy had to stop competing. How did she feel about this?
A) depressed
B) She felt okay because she had accomplished her life's biggest goal.
C) Sad
D) Angry that she had crossed the channel
  • 10. After completing her journey, Trudy....
A) Had a tongue that was swollen twice its normal size.
B) Had all the injuries listed here.
C) Had a stubbed toe.
D) Had damaged her hearing.
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