Sally Ride from Headstrong Selection Test

Select the statement that best describes the text features that help the reader predict information in the passage.

• The title and italicized questions predict the missteps in the career of Sally Ride.

• The italicized questions and quotations predict Ride’s struggle to be respected as a scientist.

• The abbreviations and numbers predict the accomplishments of Sally Ride.

• The quotations and abbreviations predict Ride’s contribution as a role model

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The passage describes key events that had a significant influence on Sally Ride’s life. Which event happened first?

• Ride argues for the Mission to Planet Earth, to use space technology to understand the planet and its environment.

• Ride is featured on magazine covers and in television talk shows

• Ride sits on a presidential commission to review the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

• Ride goes up in the space shuttle twice.

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The passage describes key events that had a significant influence on Sally Ride’s life. Which event happened second?

• Ride argues for the Mission to Planet Earth, to use space technology to understand the planet and its environment.

• Ride is featured on magazine covers and in television talk shows

• Ride sits on a presidential commission to review the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

• Ride goes up in the space shuttle twice.

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The passage describes key events that had a significant influence on Sally Ride’s life. Which event happened third?

• Ride argues for the Mission to Planet Earth, to use space technology to understand the planet and its environment.

• Ride is featured on magazine covers and in television talk shows

• Ride sits on a presidential commission to review the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

• Ride goes up in the space shuttle twice.

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The passage describes key events that had a significant influence on Sally Ride’s life. Which event happened last?

• Ride argues for the Mission to Planet Earth, to use space technology to understand the planet and its environment.

• Ride is featured on magazine covers and in television talk shows

• Ride sits on a presidential commission to review the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

• Ride goes up in the space shuttle twice.

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Which sentence best defines the word unflappable as it is used in the first sentence of paragraph 4?

• Ride was good at hiding her emotions.

• Ride valued hard work over conversation.

• Ride was unaffected by fame

• Ride remained calm under pressure.

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Which statement provides the best explanations for why Ride was chosen to be the first American woman  astronaut?

• Ride earned a PhD in astrophysics, was in excellent physical condition, and was a potential Nobel Prize  winner

• Ride majored in both physics and English, was in excellent physical condition, and was known as the best flight student her instructor ever had.

• Ride was an excellent student in academics, flight, and space training, and she possessed the calm composure necessary for space flight.

• Ride was a successful student of academics, flight, and space training, as well as a voice of reason for NASA

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Which statement best describes the cause-and-effect relationship of the 1986 Space Shuttle accident?

• The push by the government to send people into space and give in to public pressure was the major cause  of the accident.

• The disregard for warnings from astronauts was the major cause of the accident.

• The scheduling of too many flights was the major cause of the accident.

• The lack of adequate safety measures and disregard for weather warnings was the major cause of the  accident.

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One of the main ideas of the article is: Ride became the first female astronaut in America.

Choose the details from the text that support your selection.

• Ride presented the Mission to Planet Earth before a senate committee.

• Ride was chosen from a pool of over eight thousand applicants.

• Ride sat on the presidential commission to review the space shuttle accident.

• Ride earned a PhD in astrophysics and spent five years in space training.

• Ride became an expert with the robotic arm.

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One of the main ideas of the article is: Ride became a respected spokesperson for the space program.

Choose the details from the text that support your selection.

• Ride presented the Mission to Planet Earth before a senate committee.

• Ride was chosen from a pool of over eight thousand applicants.

• Ride sat on the presidential commission to review the space shuttle accident.

• Ride earned a PhD in astrophysics and spent five years in space training.

• Ride became an expert with the robotic arm.

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