Difficulty: Easy

Average Score: 93%

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the sequence of events in the reading?

Rationale

Born to a sharecropper, Bessie Coleman moved to France to take flight training and then returned to the United States as a stunt pilot.

The sequence of events for Bessie Coleman's life path is correctly outlined in this answer. She was born to sharecropper parents, then moved to France for flight training, and subsequently returned to the United States where she worked as a stunt pilot.

A (After life as a sharecropper, Bessie Coleman raised money as a stunt pilot to attend flight school in France.) YOUR ANSWER

This statement inaccurately suggests that Bessie Coleman was a sharecropper herself and then became a stunt pilot to raise money for flight school. In reality, her parents were the sharecroppers, and she became a stunt pilot after her flight training in France, not before.

B (Bessie Coleman's parents were sharecroppers who sent her to France to become a pilot, after which she returned and opened a flight school.) YOUR ANSWER

While it is true that Bessie Coleman's parents were sharecroppers, they did not send her to France. She went there on her own initiative. Also, the reading does not mention her opening a flight school upon her return to the United States.

C (Bessie Coleman was a pilot, then a sharecropper, who lived in France, where she was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.) YOUR ANSWER

This choice is incorrect because it confuses the sequence of events and misrepresents Bessie Coleman's biography. She was never a sharecropper herself, and she did not live in France. She moved there for flight training and then returned to the United States. The reading does not mention her induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.

Conclusion

The correct sequence of events for Bessie Coleman's life is that she was born to sharecropper parents, moved to France for flight training, and then returned to the United States to work as a stunt pilot. Other choices incorrectly depicted her career path, parental support for her education, or misrepresented her biography.

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