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