Home reading "Nellie Bly" (O.Karpyuk, 8th form)

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1.1. to venture -

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1.1. to venture -

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1.2. to make a living -

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1.3. to board the steamship -

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1.4. to pretend -

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2.1. Why did people become angry?

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2.2. Who wrote a letter to a Pittsburgh newspaper?

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2.3. What was the title of the newspaper Nellie worked for in New York City?

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2.4. Why did Nellie Bly decide to take a trip around the world?

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2.5. How long did it take Nellie Bly to go round the world?

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3.1. Nellie Bly was a pen name.

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3.2. Elizabeth wanted to become a reporter.

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3.3. Women reporters wrote stories about poor people.

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3.4. Joseph Pulitzer gave Nellie a job in his newspaper the Times.

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3.5. Nellie sometimes lived with poor people, workers in factories and was put in jail to make her stories real.

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3.6. Jules Verne gave Nellie Bly the money for the trip around the world.

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3.7. She started her journey on November 14, 1889 at 9:40 am.

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3.8. Nellie was greeted by Jules Verne in Italy.

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3.9. On January 26, 1890 at 3:15 pm the woman was back in New Jersey.