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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 October 5, 1957 | When was Sputnik launched (date)? |
| Big Creek Missile Agency | What does the BCMA stand for? |
| 11 | How old was Sonny when the Captain retire and Homer took over? |
| Miss Ogla | What did Mrs. Hickam say when people called when Homer was out at the mine? |
| Coalwood, McDonald County | Where did Sonny grow up? |
| tipple | The shaft used for lifting, sorting, and dumping coal was called the _______. |
| drums | The writer played the _______in the school band. |
| Principles of Guided Missile Design | The title of the book Miss Riley gave the writer was __________________. |
| Dorothy Plunk | ____________ surprised everyone by signing up for the calculus class. |
| Dugout | The kids' hangout in the basement of the Owl's Nest was named the ______. |
| John F. Kennedy | The writer met __________, a Democratic Presidential candidate |
| prodigious | Quentin liked to use the word _________ for anything he liked. |
| Mr. Dubonnet | __________ was the leader of the miners' union. |
| Ike Bykovsky | __________died in a mining accident that made the writer quit building rockets. |
| Gevena Eggers | The baby saved by the writer's father was ___________. |
| Valentine | __________ like to flirt with the writer. |
| rose | The writer's first rocket ripped out his mother's _________ fence. |
| AUK | The rocket boys named their rockets ___________. |
| Six | The nickname for the teachers who supported the rocket boys was the Great _____________. |
| orange | The writer first bought a/an __________ (color) suit for the National Science Fair. |
| Mr. Fuller | __________ placed a "No Trespassing" sign at Cape Coalwood |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | Miss Riley died in 1969 from __________ Disease. |
| six | The last rocket fired by the rocket boys went almost ______ miles up. |
| Auk XXXI | The last rocket that was fired up was ______ ___ by Homer Hickam Sr. |
| saltpeter, charcoal, sulfer | What were the three ingredients in the first AUK rocket? |
| airplane flare | What started the forest fire? |
| dime | What was the size of the spot on Homer's lung? |
| All in the Game | What song was playing in the Dugout after he saw Jim with Dorothy? |
| potassium chlorate and sugar | What is Rocket candy made out of? |
| green and white | What colors was the BCMA flag? |
| cardinal | What bird was on Sonny's tie? |
| Football Fathers | Who were the group of men that filed a lawsuit against the West Viriginia Football League? |
| de Laval | What type of nozzle is on the Auk that is taken to Indianapolis? |
| SAE 1020 bar stock | What type of bar stock does the BCMA order after Mr. Fuller leaves? |
| calculus | What type of mathematics does Sonny teach himself using his dad's books? |
| Welch High School | What was the school in the county that they had the most competition with? Because of it's advanced technology. |
| Cape Coalwood | What did they call the BCMA launch site? |
| Trailways Bus station @ 8 | What Bus station and @ what time did the rocket supplies come into Indianapolis? |
| $22.50 | How much did the Rocket Boys get for over 400 pounds of scrap iron? |
| Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Where did Mrs. Hickam want to move and buy a house? |
| Real Estate | What type of business would have Mr. Hickam have gone in if he quit the mine? |
| Band-Aid | What type of stock did Mrs. Hickam invest in? |
| a gas station | What was Mr. Plank the owner of? |
| 14 inches by 1.5 inches | What was the length of the rocket by the diameter of the rocket? (__ inches by __ inches) |
| zinc-sulfer and moonshine | what was in the zincoshine? |
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