Mae Jemison: a Life in Science

Questions

1. Sequence Which of these happened first?

   Jemison earned her medical degree Jemison founded a company to bring science and technology to daily life Jemison was selected to train as a NASA astronaut Jemison helped equip ambulances with X-ray machines to treat soldiers in World War I
2. Sequence Which of these happened last?

   Jemison earned her medical degree Jemison flew into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour Jemison was selected to train as a NASA astronaut Jemison founded a company to bring science and technology to daily life
3. Details In what year did this happen? "Jemison was selected to train as a NASA astronaut."

   1987 1981 1956 1980
4. Timeline math How many years passed between these two events? First: "Jemison earned her medical degree." Later: "She began serving as a doctor in the Peace Corps in West Africa."

   27 3 2 12
5. Vocabulary In the passage, what does "astronaut" mean?

   a person trained to travel into space carefully watching something to learn about it growing different crops in a field from year to year to keep the soil healthy a substance the body needs to use sugar for energy
6. Character traits Which word best describes Mae Jemison?

   ambitious forgetful unkind careless
7. Evidence Which detail from the passage shows that Jemison was ambitious?

   She looked for a faster way to cover burns so that patients would heal with fewer scars. As a child in Chicago she was sure she would one day go to space. She searched the crumbling cliffs after every storm, spotting bones others walked past. Women were not allowed to attend university in Poland, so she studied in secret and later moved to Paris to continue.
8. Main idea What is this passage mostly about?

   how to become a teacher the life and work of Alexander Graham Bell the life and work of Ada Lovelace the life and work of Mae Jemison
9. Text structure How does the author organize the middle of the passage?

   in time order, from earlier events to later ones as a list of steps to follow by comparing two people from most important to least important event

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