Apollo 13 Worksheet Quiz

1. What is everyone at Jim's house watching at the opening of the movie?

• The first moon landing

• The first rocket launched into space

• The first mars landing

• The first man to go into space

2. What past NASA vent makes Jim's youngest son scared about him going to the moon?

• The explosion/fire of Apollo 1

• The explosion of the Space Shuttle Columbia

• The explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger

3. What is the first problem with the Apollo 13 mission (the news they get during training)?

• Ken has been exposed to the measles

• There is a problem with the rocket engine

• The mission is going to be delayed

• They are all getting sick with the flu

4. How does training go with Ken's back-up (Jack)?

• Really bad... they all would have died.

• Great! He is a fantastic pilot.

5. What happens to the engines right after the launch?

• Engine #5 goes out

• All of the engines go out

• Half of the engines go out

6. Who gets ill once they are in space

• Fred

• Jack

• Jim

• Ken

7. What happens to the national broadcast?

• The television networks do not show it

• There are technical difficulties

• The camera breaks

• They say something embarrassing

8. What caused the mater alarm to go off?

• An explosion in the oxygen tanks

• The navigation system failed

• The computer shut down

• The lunar module detached from the spacecraft

9. What important levels on the spacecraft are dropping?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Fuel

• Carbon Dioxide

10. By shutting down the fuel cells, what will the astronauts not be able to do?

• Land on the moon

• Return to Earth

• Fly the spacecraft

• Breathe