Character
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Setting
Story details
100

How did Mae feel about the moon walk?

excited

100

When something is shining

gleaming

100

10 years

decade

100

What year did the story take place?

1969

100

What historic event did the characters witness on television?

the first moon walk

200

How did Gramps feel about the moon walk?

He thought it was a waste of money?

200

Searched

scouted

200

Turning and twisting your bocy

squirmed

200

How is the setting important to the story?

A) It takes place the same year as an historic event in space
B) It takes place the year Mae was born
C) It takes place the year after an historic event in space
D) It takes place the year Kennedy became president

A) It takes place the same year as an historic event in space

200

How far away is the moon?

240,000 miles away

300

What message does the author want to get across to the reader?

A) Everyone should support space exploration
B) Space exploration is necessary
C) Family members often disagree with each other
D) People's views are based on their experiences

D) People's views are based on their experiences

300

When you are giving orders you are ______

directing

300

If you are working on something you are

tinkering

300

What date does the story take place?

July 20, 1969

300

What did the children eat while watching the moon?

popcorn

400

What caused Gramps to look "lifetime-tired"?

Many years of farming

400

The use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

technology

400

Opposite of scouted

lost

400

Where did Gramps grow up?

 farm

400

What was the name of the spaceship that landed on the moon?

Eagle

500

What does Gramp think the money should go toward, instead of space travel to the moon?

People who need it on Earth.

500

The profession of putting knowledge of matter and energy to practical use

engineering

500

The opposite of dull

gleaming

500
Where did Mae live?

On a farm

500

What did Mae and her counsins build during the day from scraps they found in the barn?

a spaceship

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