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#1. PART A - What is the central idea for passage 1?
B. Sally Ride was America's first woman astronaut to fly in space.
#5. In Passage 2, how does the diagram support information from the passage?
B. It shows the parts of the shuttle described during takeoff.
#13. Read the sentence from paragraph 5 in Passage 1.
"It could transport satellites to space so they could orbit Earth."
What does the root word port in the word transport show about the space shuttle?
C. it carries objects through space
#14. Read these sentences from paragraph 15 in Passage 2.
"We are weightless. We are in space!"
What does the suffix -less tell you about the meaning of weightless?
D. It means without weight.
#10. How does the text structure of paragraph 12 in passage 2 contribute to the meaning of the text?
B. It describes details about the launch.
#14. PART A - Which detail from Passage 1 contains a simile?
B. "The space shuttle was like a moving van." (paragraph 5)
#2. PART B - Which moment from the passage best supports the central idea in Part A (#1)?
D. "Sally Ride worked hard on the Space Shuttle Challenger as the first woman in space."
#9. How does the author present the information in paragraph 5 of passage 1?
B. The author describes all of the things the space shuttle is capable of doing.
#16. PART B - How does the simile in PART A (#15) help the reader understand the text?
C. It explains how equipment and people were carried to space.
#18. Read the sentence from paragraph 14 in Passage 2.
"After a couple of minutes of 3 g's, we're uncomfortable, straining to hold our books on our laps and craning our necks against the force to read the instruments."
What is the meaning of craning as it is used above?
D. Stretching to see
#20. What did you learn in the secondary source that you did not learn in the primary source?
C. Sally's mission on the Challenger was eight days long.
#17. Fill in the bubble before the sentence that best shows the meaning of ignited as it is used in Passage 1, paragraph 1.
C. Smoke and steam shot out across the launch pad.
#11. Fill in the bubble before the sentence from Passage 1, paragraph 3 that supports the author's claim that Sally Ride felt honored to be chosen.
D. At the time, there were only five other women training to be an astronaut.
#6. Fill in the bubbles to show how each text feature contributes to the meaning of Passage 1.
B. CAPTION - Shows the date of the shuttle launch
F. GRAPH - Shows that NASA increased the amount of female astronauts.
G. PHOTOGRAPH - Shows the launch of the Challenger
#12. Which detail in Passage 1 supports the author's claim that Sally Ride made history when she traveled into space?
B. Sally Ride was the youngest astronaut and first woman in space.
#3. Which sentence summarizes passage 1?
#7. PART A - What is the author's perspective in Passage 2 about flying into space?
C. The author feels prepared and excited for her trip to space.
#4. Select two details from Passage 2 that should be included in a summary of the passage.
A. Ride describes the feeling of her first launch into space.
E. Ride and her crew have trained for many months.
#8. PART B - Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A (#7)?
A. "The rest of the crew and I practiced so much that everything is second nature." (paragraph 1)
#19. Fill in the bubbles to show whether each description is about Passage 1, Passage 2, or both passages.
B. PASSAGE 2 - is a primary source
D. PASSAGE 1 - is a secondary source
H. PASSAGE 2 - describes Sally's experience during takeoff in the shuttle
L. BOTH PASSAGES - mentions Sally's work and training before her first flight