Essentials Stories Test #3

What was the original goal of Apollo 13?

• To orbit mars

• To land on the moon’s Fra Mauro ridges

• To orbit the moon

• To orbit the earth

Why did NASA have to cancel the mission?

• An astronaut became severely ill

• They ran out of rocket fuel

• An explosion destroyed oxygen tanks

• The got hit by a meteor

Which is NOT a main step to saving the astronauts?

• Getting astronauts out of Odyssey

• Powering up odyssey

• Getting astronauts into LEM Aquarius

• Replacing the engine

Astronaut James Lovell declared the Apollo 13 mission “a successful failure”

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is NOT a skill, knowledge, or trait that Eugene Kranz looked for when choosing members of the Tiger team?

• Pride

• Determination

• Creativity

• Intelligence

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where is Gage's family from?

• Greece

• Italy

• Denmark

• Russia

Why did Nicholas Gage come to the United States?

• He was adopted

• Foreign exchange student

• Visit his grandparents

• His family was escaping communists

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What did Miss Hurd encourage him to write about?

• His best friend

• What happened to his family in Greece

• His love of American football

• His favorite Greek food

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

People had a negative reaction to Gage's essay

• True

• False

Miss Hurd set Gage on a literary path that led him to pursue writing

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3