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October Sky

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the setting of the movie?
a)
Richmond, Virginia 
b)
Coalwood, West Virginia 
c)
Tampa, Flordia
d)
Houston, Texas
2.
What was the name of the main character in the movie?
a)
Chris Owen
b)
Homer Hickam Jr
c)
Quentin Davis
d)
Charlie Conway
3.

What happened to the first rocket Homer and his friends launched?

a)

It blew up and wrecked the fence

b)

It traveled 5 miles

c)

It disappeared into the sky

4.
What was Homer's science teacher's name?
a)
Miss Riley
b)
Miss Elise
c)
Miss Turner
5.
What was the event that inspired Homer and his friends to build rockets?
a)
He learned about space in science 
b)
President Kennedy was assinated
c)
Sputnik, the first satellite was launched into space
d)
They wanted to blow up stuff
6.

What did Homer and his friend do to try to earn money to buy metal for the rocket?

a)

Ask their parents for money

b)

Have a bake sale

c)

Steal the metal from store

d)

Took apart the railroad tracks

7.
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
8.

What do science fair winners get?

a)

Trophies

b)

Homework Pass

c)

College Scholarship

d)

Just the Recognition of Winning

9.

What was the nickname given to the group of friends?

a)

The Geeks

b)

The 4 Coal Miners

c)

The Mad Scientists

d)

The Rocket Boys

10.

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)

Each of the boys took a turn

11.
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
12.

People still coal mine today?

a)

True

b)

False

13.
Coal mining is a dangerous job because 
a)
You have to work underground
b)
You can get lung disease 
c)
The mine can collapse or explode
d)
All of the above
14.

The rocket boys have to incorporate math into their findings on the rocket.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

After the launch of one of the test rockets, the boys were accused of _______ and were arrested.

a)

starting a riot

b)

cheating at the national science fair

c)

causing a forest fire

d)

causing a train accident

16.

Homer went to work in the coal mines when _______.

a)

he failed his math class

b)

graduated high school

c)

he became interested in the mineral of coal

d)

his father got hurt in a coal mining accident

17.

The day before the national science fair, __________.

a)

the rocket was stolen.

b)

Homer got in a car acciedent.

c)

the rocket exploded.

d)

the boys went out.

18.

Homer's brother ____________.

a)

dropped out to work in the coal mine.

b)

had a football scholarship.

c)

helped build the rockets

d)

Homer doesn't have a brother.