Moonshot Quiz

What is the main idea of the book Moonshot?

• To describe how uncomfortable the astronauts' suits were when worn on Earth.

• To show how how the Saturn V rocket and Apollo space craft worked.

• To tell the story of the Moon landing from the launch, to when the astronauts returned to Earth.

• To explain what people do at Mission Control in Houston.

What do you think the book means when is says the astronauts "ride the fire and thunder pressed deep into their seats"?

• The astronauts flew through a thunders storm.

• The force of the liftoff was loud, and so powerful that it pushed the astronauts down into their seats.

• The rocket set the sky on fire.

• The astronauts developed super powers.

Why do you think people cheered when the astronauts landed on the moon?

• They really wanted the astronauts to bring everyone back a moon rock.

• They thought they were watching a sporting event.

• There was nothing else on TV that day.

• No one had ever landed on the moon's surface before. They were witnessing history.

In the beginning of the book, what are the astronauts preparing for?

• To fly to the other side of Earth.

• To fly to the moon.

• To fly to Jupiter.

• To fly to Florida.

The names of the spaceships were...

• Collins and Eagle

• Columbia and Bird

• Neil and Buzz

• Columbia and Eagle

Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon?

• Neil Armstrong

• Buzz Aldrin

• Michael Collins

• Alan Shepard

Based the following text evidence, which statement best supports why traveling the moon is dangerous?

• “Here there is no up or down.”

• “There are food and clothes packed into corners.”

• “Here, where everything floats, it takes some skill to go to sleep.”

• “The astronauts fly till time and fuel are running out.”

What was the point of view of the people that were watching from Earth? 

• They were very sad.

• They were scared

• They were excited to see history happening.

• Most people did not want to watch so they did not.

to shoot a rocket into outer space

• ignited

• launch

• craters

• hatch

the path an object takes as it goes around another

• awkward

• altitude

• orbit

• launch