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Bessie Coleman, the first civilian licensed black pilot in the world, was born in 1892 to sharecroppers in Texas, where she attended a segregated school and worked with her family in the cotton fields. She dreamed of becoming a pilot but no flight school in America would accept her, so she moved to France to earn her pilot's license. When she returned to the U.S, she wanted to open a flight school for Black students. She became a stunt flier and performance for paying audiences, which she insisted be desegregated. Following her death in a plane crash in 1926, the Bessie Coleman Aero Club was established in Los Angeles in 1929. She was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2006

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.

Bessie Coleman's journey began in Texas as the daughter of sharecroppers, and she later moved to France to earn her pilot's license. Upon returning to the U.S., she became a stunt pilot and advocated for desegregation in aviation.

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

This statement incorrectly suggests that Coleman first became a stunt pilot to fund her flight training, which is not supported by the text. Instead, she moved to France to attend flight school before returning to the U.S. as a stunt pilot.

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

This option misrepresents the timeline and the actions of Coleman's parents. The text indicates that she decided to go to France on her own due to the lack of acceptance in American flight schools, rather than being sent by her parents.

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 statement reverses the true sequence of events. Coleman was a sharecropper first and became a pilot later; she also did not live in France permanently, nor was she inducted into the Hall of Fame while living there.

Conclusion

The correct sequence of events in Bessie Coleman's life emphasizes her origins as a sharecropper, her move to France to earn her pilot's license, and her subsequent return to the U.S. as a stunt pilot. Options A, B, and C misrepresent crucial details of her journey, while option D accurately encapsulates the order and significance of her achievements, highlighting her pioneering role in aviation history.

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