Pages 116-121
Pages 122-125
Pages 126-132
More Questions
PSSA Questions
100
Tell if the story is fiction or nonfiction.
Nonfiction
100
Use a word to describe Ellen after she was not accepted for a job in the space program in 1985.
Disappointed or determined
100
On page 126 tell what Ellen had to learn before she could travel in space.
She had to learn how to use computers and special tools.
100
Tell if this story is real or make believe?
Real
100
Identify what type of nonfiction is "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".
A biography
200
Define the term biography.
A true story of a person's life that is written by another person
200
Tell what Ellen made.
Robots with special tools to see things around them
200
Tell one way that astronaut's meals are different from our meals.
They must come in special packages so they cannot float away
200
Identify the type of figurative language that compares two things using like or as.
Simile
200
Tell me the author's purpose for writing "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".
To inform or give facts
300
In the passage Ellen's mother told her to "reach for the stars". Tell me what that means.
To follow your dreams
300
Tell the instrument Ellen played.
The flute
300
Name the first space shuttle on which Ellen flew.
Discovery
300
Tell the main reason why the author wrote "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".
To tell a story about one special astronaut
300
Tell me the relationship that existed between Ellen and her mother.
Loving or caring
400
Tell me why Ellen Ochoa's flight into space was so special.
She was the first Hispanic woman in space
400
Tell me what Ellen learned while she was waiting to become an astronaut.
She became a pilot and learned to fly a plane
400
Tell me the job Ellen had on Discovery.
She had to control a robot arm to catch satellites
400
Tell me what Ellen's job was after she flew on Discovery.
She delivered supplies to astronauts on the space station so they could live and work there
400
Tell me the information you will find under the heading "The Early Years"?
Information about Ellen's life when she was young and in school
500
True or False: There were no women astronauts in 1969.
True
500
Tell me when Ellen's dream became true.
In 1990 when she was chosen for the astronaut program
500
Identify under which heading you would look to find out about Ellen's flight on the space shuttle Discovery.
"A Trip into Space"
500
Tell why the author included the information that Ellen failed to get into the space program in 1985.
To show that Ellen was a person who did not give up
500
Tell me how Ellen's feeling changed from the beginning to the end of the passage.
Disappointed to proud (happy) because she was refused permission to enter the space program, but then she was accepted and became an astronaut
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