Chapters 1-3  

Reading Check

1. She wants to get her pilot’s license; she already passed, but sexism prevented her from receiving it in Alabama. (Chapter 1)

2. They take the trolley. (Chapter 1)

3. Her father (Chapter 1)

Short Answer

1. Jolene is jealous, and Ida Mae knows her appearance doesn’t warrant the extra attention. (Chapter 1)

2. He wants to help people in his community; he believes they shouldn’t have to run miles away to get the nearest doctor, as he had to when their father died. (Chapter 2)

3. Abel, her brother, gives her an article about the US military’s use of female pilots in the WASP program. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. There was a “paper bag test” to get in; they weren’t allowing anyone in who wasn’t lighter than a brown paper bag. (Chapter 4)

2. Jolene convinces her to borrow from the closet of a client who is out of town. (Chapter 5)

3. She assumes Ida Mae has been to see her father’s mother, Grandmère Boudreaux. (Chapter 6)