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Questions about the movie October Sky
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1
What was the name of the coal mining company that Homer's dad worked for?
Auk
Snakeroot
Coalwood
Olga
2
What rocket couldn't they account for that they eventually found?
Auk 10
Auk 12
Auk 13
Auk 11
3
Where did Elsie and John Hickam spend their honeymoon?
Coalwood
Myrtle Beach
Ocean City
Disneyworld
4
What happens to Homer's science fair exhibit at the National Fair?
throws it away
destroyed by fire
parts are stolen
forgets it at home
5
What country was Homer's idol, Wernher Von Braun, from?
Germany
Iceland
Russia
USA
6
What university does his brother get a scholarship to play football at?
Shippensburg
Virginia
West Virginia
Virginia Tech
7
What word does Quentin like to use to show excitement?
excellent
awesome
holy cow
prodigious
8
What were the rocket boys accused of doing that led to them destroying their launchpad?
starting a fire
hurting someone
stealing materials
missing too much school
9
What does Homer get for his birthday from his Aunt?
socks
autograph picture
a book
sweater
10
Where does Homer end up going to college?
Virginia Tech
MIT
North Carolina
Harvard
11
Who does Homer meet after winning the science fair?
the President
Wernher Von Braun
Neil Armstrong
Elvis
12
What was the name of the high school Homer attended?
Little Big Creek
Little Creek
Welch
Big Creek
13
Who gets to go to the National Science Fair competition?
only Homer
Quentin and Homer
all the rocket boys
none of them
14
What was the name of the principal in the movie?
Mr. Smith
Mr. Turner
Mr. Bowman
Mr. Riley
15
What skill does Homer have to learn in order to construct his rockets?
carpentry
Welding
model building
16
When Homer's first rockets were exploding, heat from the exhaust was melting the.....
nosecone
body tube
fins
nozzle
17
What city is the National Science Fair held in?
Indianapolis
Harrisburg
Boston
Denver
18
What state does the story take place in?
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
19
Which rocket boy wore glasses?
Roy Lee
Homer
O'Dell
Quientin
20
What does John Hickam eventually die from?
black lung disease
mine collapse
cancer
car accident
21
How often did Sputnik orbit the Earth?
5 hrs
60 min
96 min
112 min
22
What did the boys name their launching area?
No Man's Land
Slack Dump
Rocket Central
Cape Coalwood
23
Who shows up at the last launch unexpectantly?
Miss Riley
Homer's Mom
Quentin
Homer's Dad
24
What was Homer's career later on in life?
teacher
NASA engineer
chemical engineer
car salesman
25
Miss Riley was quoted as saying "Science requires _______".
history
hard work
math
practice
26
Name the first artificial satellite launched into space
Sputnik
Explorer 1
Vanguard
Apollo 1
27
According to Quentin, what school always wins the science fairs?
Big Spring
Welch
Little Big Creek
Big Creek
28
How far did the rocket boys have to travel to set off their rockets?
4 miles
12 miles
8 miles
15 miles
29
What disease does Miss Riley get during the movie?
the flu
Hodgkins
ebola
Cancer
30
Who asked Homer to sign her newspaper?
Toto
Sheila
Karen
Dorothy
31
What movie does Homer see while at the Science Fair?
Incredible Shrinking Man
Apollo 13
Wolfman meets Frankenstein
Sputnik vs. the World
32
Rocketry was invented by the __________, as early as 1000 A.D.
Chinese
Russians
Germans
Mr. Steenstra
33
What was the name of the last rocket the boys launched in the movie?
Auk 14
Auk 15
Miss Riley
Coalwood