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WorksheetsOctober Sky
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote the novel?
a)
Homer Hickam
b)
Toni Morrison
c)
Diane Keaton
d)
Roger Moore
2.
Who is Mr Bykovski?
a)
A German scientist
b)
A Russian welder
c)
A Swedish blacksmith
d)
A Canadian politician
3.
What is the BCMA?
a)
Bored Coalminers Making Architecture
b)
Big Children Making Art
c)
Big Creek Missile Agency
d)
Boastful Child Making Action-figures
4.
Why did Sonny feel guilty about Mr. Bykovski?
a)
Mr. Bykovski lost his job
b)
Mr. Bykovski died in a rocket launch
c)
Mr. Bykovski did not receive any credit for helping the boys
d)
Mr. Bykovski was transferred to the mines
5.
Why was Sonny upset when his father got rid of his chemicals?
a)
They were expensive
b)
He wasn't upset
c)
He paid for them himself
d)
He never had any chemicals
6.
Which was one of the announcements that Mr. Turner announced at the school assembly?
a)
The school has been officially closed
b)
Mr. Turner will be stepping down from being principal
c)
Jim Hickam is going to be Valedictorian this year
d)
Football has been suspended for that school year
7.
What did Roy Lee and O'Dell do that caused the boys to get into a heap of trouble?
a)
They blew up Sonny's basement
b)
They robbed a bank
c)
They broke into a mule barn
d)
They stole materials from Sonny's dad
8.
Why does Sonny's father take Sonny to the mines?
a)
Wants him to start learning the ropes so that he can take over the mine
b)
Wants to punish him for blowing up the mine
c)
Wants to show him what real men do
d)
Wants him to see how the mine works
9.
How do the boys have to pay for their supplies (considering they do not have the money to pay)?
a)
Steal the material
b)
Work for the cash
c)
Sell scrap metal--railroad tracks
d)
Boot-leg
10.
What quote does von Braun write on Sonny's picture?
a)
Just keep trying
b)
Try try again
c)
Look on the bright side you still have your fingers
d)
If you work hard enough, you will do anything you want
11.
What was Luna I?
a)
A new dance in town
b)
The first man-made object ever to break away from Earth’s gravity
c)
A pink unicorn
d)
A shuttle that exploded
12.
Why are the boys being bothered by the state troopers?
a)
They are being accused of starting a fire near Welch
b)
They have been accused of stealing material from the mines
c)
They have been skipping school
d)
They lost their privileges to launching rockets
13.
What is Sonny's real name?
a)
Jake Gyllenhaal
b)
Carol O'Dell
c)
Martin Riggs
d)
Homer Hickam Jr.
14.
What inspired Homer to build his first rocket?
a)
His girlfriend
b)
Sputnik
c)
His principal
d)
The song "Rocket Man"
15.
How did Homer figure out they did not cause the fire in the neighboring town?
a)
Math
b)
He phoned a friend
c)
Common Sense
d)
A frog told him
16.
What did cause the fire that the Rocket boys were blamed for?
a)
A match
b)
A flare from the local airport
c)
A lightening strike
d)
A flamethrower
17.
What happened to Homer's display (nozzle) at the national science fair?
a)
It burnt up
b)
It was stolen
c)
It won 2nd place
d)
It stunk up the place
18.
What happened to the boys as a result of winning the national science fair?
a)
They all became scientist
b)
They all got scholarships
c)
They all became football stars
d)
They became rock stars
19.
What did they finally use to stabilize the propellant in the rocket?
a)
Dynamite
b)
Moonshine
c)
TNT
d)
Chuck Norris' saliva
20.
What was Homer's science teacher's name?
a)
Miss Riley
b)
Miss Elise
c)
Miss Turner
21.
Homer's dad encouraged him to build rockets.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
What do science fair winners get?
a)
Trophies
b)
Free homework pass
c)
National Science fair and college scholarship.
23.
At the end of the movie who did Homer asked to push the button to launch the rocket?
a)
His mom
b)
Miss Riley
c)
His dad
d)
All 4 rocket boys
24.
After Homer graduated from college he went to work where?
a)
As a teacher at his old high school
b)
NASA
c)
The coal mines
25.
Homer had to drop out of school and had to go work where?
a)
The grocery store
b)
The coal mines
c)
On the family farm
d)
At a law office
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