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1. What special radio bulletin does the movie start with?
2. Where is the story set? When, in what year?
3.What does Homer proclaim at the breakfast table?
4.What happens with Homer’s 1st rocket?
5.Who does Homer write to and why?
6.Who does Homer talk to in order to start collecting rocket information?
7. What do the boys think about the science fair?
8. What benefits can students get from the science fair?
9. Where must the boys go in order to launch their rockets after the disaster at the mind?
10. How do they get their supplies?
11. What is their test fuel?
12. Why does Quentin think the rockets are not doing well?
13. How do they solve the problem?
14. What happens to their 1st big launch in front of their schoolmates?
15. What is Homer’s father’s response when Homer invites him to a rocket launch?
16. What happens after the “Rocket Boys” get written up in the paper?
17. What happens at the mine the rainy night the boys go to the “juke joint”?
18. What does Homer do for the family?
19. What does Homer see his first time going into the mine?
20. Why has Homer’s teacher, Miss Riley, been missing school?
21. What does Homer stay up all night doing?
22. How does Homer prove that his rocket didn’t start the fire?
23. What does Homer tell his dad he wants to do with his life?
24. What happens at the science fair to Homer’s display?
25. Who does he shake hands with after he wins the National Science Fair?
26. Who is Homer’s real hero?
27. What do they name their last rocket?
28. – 31. What did each boy do after college? Homer, O’Dell, Roy Lee, and Quentin