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1. What was Sally Ride's interest in high school?
a) Drawing
b) Cooking
c) Tennis
d) Writing
c) Tennis
9. How long was Sally Ride's first space shuttle trip?
a) Three days
b) Four days
c) Five days
d) Six days
d) Six days
11. When did Sally Ride leave NASA?
a) 1983
b) 1985
c) 1987
d) 1990
c) 1987
16. What agency did Sally Ride work for as an astronaut?
a) NASA
b) ESA
c) JAXA
d) ISRO
a) NASA
5. How many applicants were accepted for the astronaut position?
a) Ten
b) Twenty-five
c) Fifty
d) One hundred
b) Twenty-five
4. How many college students applied for the astronaut position?
a) Five hundred
b) One thousand
c) Five thousand
d) Eight thousand
**(Answer: d)**
d) Eight thousand
13. What company did Sally Ride start?
a) Ride Innovations
b) Space Exploration Inc.
c) Sally Ride Science
d) Ride Technologies
c) Sally Ride Science
17. How many women were accepted for the astronaut position along with Sally Ride?
a) Five
b) Ten
c) Fifteen
d) Twenty
a) Five
8. What was Sally Ride's significant achievement during her first space trip?
a) First person to walk on the moon
b) First American woman to travel in space
c) Youngest astronaut ever
d) Longest space mission ever
b) First American woman to travel in space
7. When did Sally Ride go on her first space shuttle trip?
a) June 18, 1980
b) June 18, 1983
c) June 18, 1985
d) June 18, 1990
b) June 18, 1983
12. What profession did Sally Ride pursue after leaving NASA?
a) Astronomer
b) Science teacher
c) Engineer
d) Pilot
b) Science teacher
18. What was one of the challenges Sally Ride faced as an astronaut?
a) Building the space shuttle
b) Flying on a rocket
c) Designing space stations
d) Teaching science in space
b) Flying on a rocket
2. What subject did Sally Ride study in college?
a) Biology
b) Chemistry
c) Physics
d) Mathematics
c) Physics
6. What significant role did Sally Ride play at NASA during her training?
a) Developing a new rocket
b) Designing a space suit
c) Creating a robotic arm
d) Planning a Mars mission
c) Creating a robotic arm
14. What was the mission of Sally Ride Science?
a) To build rockets
b) To educate astronauts
c) To excite girls and boys about working as scientists
d) To develop new space suits
c) To excite girls and boys about working as scientists
19. What did Sally Ride's company, Sally Ride Science, focus on?
a) Sports training
b) Scientific research
c) Space travel
d) Science education
d) Science education
3. What job did Sally Ride see advertised in 1978?
a) Scientist
b) Astronaut
c) Teacher
d) Engineer
b) Astronaut
10. How did Sally Ride describe her first space shuttle trip upon returning to Earth?
a) "It was scary."
b) "It was exciting."
c) "It was the most fun I’ll ever have in my life."
d) "It was disappointing."
c) "It was the most fun I’ll ever have in my life."
15. What qualities of Sally Ride inspired people around the world?
a) Her athletic skills and cooking talents
b) Her musical abilities and fashion sense
c) Her courage and dedication to science
d) Her artistic skills and gardening talents
c) Her courage and dedication to science
20. How did Sally Ride's work impact the field of science?
a) It led to the discovery of new planets
b) It inspired more people to pursue careers in science
c) It resulted in new space shuttles being built
d) It increased funding for space missions
b) It inspired more people to pursue careers in science