Fourteen Hours Over the Atlantic: teacher key

Amelia Earhart, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. In May 1932 Amelia Earhart flew alone across the Atlantic through bad weather and engine trouble. Her other flights and her 1937 world flight are told too.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Who prepared and tested her Vega?
   • Fred Noonan
   • Neta Snook
   • Bernt Balchen (answer)
2. What happened to the altimeter?
   • It froze
   • It malfunctioned (answer)
   • It was lost
3. What did she say her only meal had been?
   • Bread
   • Soup
   • Tomato juice (answer)
4. How long did the 1932 flight take after leaving Harbour Grace?
   • Fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes (answer)
   • Twenty hours and forty minutes
   • Five hours
5. Where did she touch down in 1932?
   • Hanworth Airfield
   • A farmer's field near Londonderry (answer)
   • Howland Island
6. Why was she the first person to cross the Atlantic twice by air?
   • She crossed it with Noonan
   • She flew it twice alone
   • She crossed it in 1928 and again in 1932 (answer)

Words

• altimeter: height gauge
• navigator: route finder
• transatlantic: across the Atlantic
• cutter: Coast Guard ship