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100
Tell if the story is fiction or nonfiction.
What is nonfiction?
100
Use a word to describe Ellen after she was not accepted for a job in the space program in 1985.
What is disappointed or determined?
100
On page 126 tell what Ellen had to learn before she could travel in space.
What is she had to learn how to use computers and special tools.
100
Tell if this story is real or make believe?
What is real?
100
Identify what type of nonfiction is "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".
What is a biography?
200
Define the term biography.
What is a true story of a person's life that is written by another person?
200
Tell what Ellen made.
What is robots with special tools to see things around them?
200
Tell one way that astronaut's meals are different from our meals.
What is they must come in special packages so they cannot float away?
200

What sort of information can a reader gain from reading captions?

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200

Tell me the author's purpose for writing "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".

a. to give information and facts about Ellen Ochoa

b. to entertain readers

c. to persuade readers to become astronauts.

a. to give information and facts about Ellen Ochoa

300
In the passage Ellen's mother told her to "reach for the stars". Tell me what that means.
What is to follow your dreams?
300
Tell the instrument Ellen played.
What is the flute?
300
Name the first space shuttle on which Ellen flew.
What is Discovery?
300
Tell the main reason why the author wrote "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut".
What is to tell a story about one special astronaut?
300
Tell me the relationship that existed between Ellen and her mother.
What is loving or caring?
400
Tell me why Ellen Ochoa's flight into space was so special.
What is she was the first Hispanic woman in space?
400
Tell me what Ellen learned while she was waiting to become an astronaut.
What is she became a pilot and learned to fly a plane?
400
Tell me the job Ellen had on Discovery.
What is she had to control a robot arm to catch satellites?
400
Tell me what Ellen's job was after she flew on Discovery.
What is 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"?
What is information about Ellen's life when she was young and in school?
500
True or False: There were no women astronauts in 1969.
What is true?
500
Tell me when Ellen's dream became true.
What is 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.
What is "A Trip into Space"?
500
Tell why the author included the information that Ellen failed to get into the space program in 1985.
What is to show that Ellen was a person who did not give up?
500

Why didn't Ellen Ochoa dream of being an astronaut when she was young, according to the text?

There were no women astronauts at that time.