501 Critical Reading Questions

c
and 
d
. At first
glance, choice 
c
seems like a good pick, but the word 
immediate
is what makes it incorrect. Althea Gibson’s achievements were
certainly victories for the civil rights movement, but in lines 6–7
it is stated that the color barrier 
did not come tumbling down
overnight.
Choice 
d
is attractive, but Althea did not take on the
world alone. The ATA and people like Dr. Eaton and Alice
Marble all had a hand in guiding and assisting Althea on her
pioneering path. Choice 
e
is incorrect because Althea’s historic
achievements on and off the court were groundbreaking, and
she accomplished it all in the face of adversity.
428.
b.
Alice Marble believed that talent should decide who can be a
champion, not race (choice 
b
). Nowhere in her comments did
Alice Marble say baseball, football, and boxing are more enter-
taining than tennis (choice 
a
), or that there were undeserving
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