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Women in Aviation
by Patricia and Frederick McKissack

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Question
Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

Quimby fired back answers with self-confidence.

The connotation of the word fired in this sentence suggests that Quimby —

Responses

avoided answering the questions
avoided answering the questions

gradually answered the questions
gradually answered the questions

dismissed the reporters altogether
dismissed the reporters altogether

answered the questions very rapidly
answered the questions very rapidly

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
answered the questions very rapidly

Explanation: "Fired back" implies quick, energetic responses — not avoidance, gradual answering, or dismissal.