We Dreamed of Space January 11 (p.131-150)

Why was the cast Cash had on his arm the greatest nightmare of his life?

• It smelled like rotting fruit.

• It made his skin itch.

• He could not write or play basketball?

• It had Penny L/S Charlie written on it.

What did Ms. Solonga say was the simplest gift you could give someone?

• The simplest gift is a smile.

• The simplest gift is a compliment.

• The simplest gift is a eye contact.

• The simplest gift is friendship.

What did Cash's father say that surprised Cash when he told his father about the girl he liked at school that liked a nerd?

• His father told him about how he had to figure out how to get his mother who was a cheerleader to like him when they were in high school.

• His father told him about how he was not able to get the girl he really liked before he met Cash's mom.

• His father told him how he should get the girl he liked.

• His father told him how he had to act to get a girl to like him.

What was the one thing Cash felt he and his dad bonded over?

• They bonded over watching and playing baseball.

• They bonded over telling jokes.

• They bonded over watching basketball together.

• They bonded over watching soccer games together.

What was Cash's dad say he had to do to get his mom to like him?

• Cash's dad had to get in a fight with the other boys that liked Tammy, Cash's mom.

• Cash's dad had to spread lies about the other boys that liked Tammy, Cash's mom.

• Cash's dad had to one-up all the other guys any way he could.

• Cash's dad had to write Tammy letters and try to talk to her.

Why did Bird take her notebook outside in the freezing cold?

• Bird wanted to go somewhere quiet to draw another schematic..

• Bird wanted to get out of the house when everyone was fighting.

• Bird wanted to draw the planets she saw.

• Bird wanted to draw a schematic of the constellations.

What were some of the things Fitch and Bird did when they were younger together?

• They would race to the end of the street.

• They would try to read each other's minds.

• They would play hide-and -seek.

• They would read together.

What reminded Fitch of the time he and Bird tried to read each other's minds?

• When they closed their eyes to play hide-and-seek.

• When they quietly read together.

• When they watched the constellations together.

• When Ms. Solonga forced them to close their eyes and play make - believe space shuttle.

What does the word Cacophony mean in this sentence? (page 140)"He expected to hear the loud cacophony of basketball, peppered with shouts from his father or brother."

• Cacophony means a ringing sound.

• Cacophony means a mixture of sounds.

• Cacophony means a banging sound.

• Cacophony means yelling.

How did Bird explain to Fitch how she would help him figure out if there was life on other planets?

• Bird told Fitch she would ask a NASA scientist for the answers.

• Bird told Fitch she would figure it out by doing research.

• Bird told Fitch she would become an astronaut and have NASA send her on a fact finding mission.

• Bird told Fitch she would ask Judith Resnik for the answers.