October Sky Chapters 7 - 10

Why does Homer's father dump his rocket materials into the creek?

• an errant rocket endangered the mine

• Homer Sr. thinks rockets are sinful

• an errant rocket killed a child

• He was ordered to by the mine owner

What happens to Mr. Bykovski for helping Homer?

• He is hired to tutor the rocket boys

• Homer's dad fires him from the machine shop and sends him back to the mines.

• Homer's dad tells him to leave Coalwood.

• He is rewarded for his welding and given a raise.

After Homer apologizes, what does Mr. Bykovski give him?

• welding gear

• a picture of Wernher von Braun

• four new Auks complete with wooden nose cones

• a letter from the owner of the mine

After the sermon at church about disrespectful sons and unappreciative fathers, Homer's dad

• scolded him and told him he could not launch any more rockets.

• refused to give Homer the scrap neede to build Cape Coalwood.

• told theSix teachers that he appreciated their input.

• let him practice driving and showed him a place to launch rockets.

What did Mr. Turner announce at the assembly?

• Big Creek was under a football suspension, and the school would be restructured to have a more challenging academic curriculum.

• BCMA was suspended, and rocket launches would not be permitted.

• The state refused the petition for a more cahllengingacademic curriculum at Big Creek.

• The students at Big Creek had no hope of going to college.

What trade did the rocket boys orchestrate to get the tin they needed?

• They traded old railroad track pieces for money to buy tin.

• They did odd jobs and work for those who had tin.

• They traded good "plantin'" dirt for shingles; then they traded the shingles for tin.

• They ran a paper route to get money to buy tin.

Who is Jake Mosby?

• the son of a poor man

• a friend of the Hickam family

• a mining engineer and a former fighter pilot

• a member of BCMA

Mr. Dubonnet, the union leader,

• encourages Homer to continue with his rockets, and even attends a launch.

• tells Homer's dad that Homer was trying to steal cement.

• argues with Homer about the importance of rockets.

• encourages Homer to give up rockets and come to work in the mine.

A key to improving the rocket launches had to do with advice given by Mr. Dubonnet. He suggested that the boys

• create a completely different propellant.

• give the powder less time to cure so that it will be damp.

• mix the current propellent with gunpowder.

• give the powder at least two weeks to cure so that it will be bone-dry.

Jake Mosby tells the boys that _____ would help them figure out the hight of the rocket, and he gives them his old book.

• algebra

• calculus

• trigonometry

• geometry