Apollo 13 Mission Quiz

What key idea is supported by the details in section "Something Unexpected"?

• Americans were interested in space travel but soon got bored because NASA had several successful missions.

• Americans were not interested in space travel due to the many problems happening in the U.S. but gained interest again when disaster struck.

• Apollo 13 had a giant catastrophe that led to the world believing the astronauts were going to die in space.

• People lived in poverty and the Vietnam war was killing a lot of people.

Which sentence best contributes to the key idea of the section "Scanning the Sky"?

• They would do everything in their power to bring the astronauts home.

• With many systems damaged or powered down, the engineers had to use their ingenuity to find creative solutions.

• The LEM had its own supply of power, oxygen and water.

• Every minute, it seemed, new problems arose.

How does the selection’s chronological organizational structure most contribute to the author’s purpose?

• By building suspense as the reader learns more about what happened during the Apollo 13 Mission and how the astronauts survived.

• By detailing the events of the Apollo 13 mission and how NASA handled each problem.

• By entertaining the reader with a story about the Apollo 13 mission and the astronauts who lived through it.

• By persuading us that NASA had a successful mission despite all the problems that occurred during the Apollo 13 mission.

The author included the section titled “A Mission to the Moon” to describe—

• All the preparations that went into the Apollo 13 Mission.

• The setting of the story.

• How uncomfortable space travel was for the astronauts.

• The 240,000 mile journey the astronauts had embarked on.

What is the author’s purpose for writing this article?

• To inform the reader about the impact Apollo 13 had on NASA.

• To entertain the reader with a dramatic article about Apollo 13.

• To inform the reader about the events that took place during the Space Race against the Soviet Union.

• To inform the reader about the events that took place with the Apollo 13 Mission.

Look at this caption on page 8. "The entire world was drawn into the drama of Apollo 13. For the families of the astronauts, the wait was especially brutal. Here, Jim Lovell's wife (striped dress), children, and friends watch news reports about what was happening on the ship." What is the most likely reason the author includes the caption in the selection?

Which of the following text features helps illustrate the astronauts’ determination to survive?

• The photograph (top right) on page 8

• The photograph (top right) on page 7

• The photograph (top) on page 9.

• The photograph (right) on page 9.