Comprehension Questions
1. Why does Jeremy miss the field trip with his science class?
A. because his dad wants him to stay home
B. because science is his least favorite subject
C. because he is sick
D. because he wanted to go to an observatory instead
Answer
2. One problem is that Jeremy is upset that he‟s missing his field trip.
How does his father solve this problem?
A. He shows Jeremy how to use a telescope at home.
B. He arranges a night visit to an observatory at Columbia
University.
C. He asks Mr. Connolly to postpone the trip.
D. He drives Jeremy to the Rose Center later in the day to meet his
class.
3. Which of the following statements best supports the conclusion that
Jeremy thinks discovery is an exciting part of science?
A. Jeremy asks Professor Helfand “„how many suns are
there?‟”
B. Jeremy refers to the night as the best night of his life.
C. He is angry that he cannot go to the Rose Center.
D. Jeremy was “marveling at the possibilities of discovery in front of
them. ”
4. At the end of the story Jeremy refers to the exhibits on the field trip
as “kiddie” exhibits. What does this suggest he feels?
A. He is only interested in astronomy if he can use a telescope.
B. He feels that science is a subject for little kids.
C. He‟s lost his interest in space because he missed the field trip to
the museum and ended up at the conservatory.
D. He has learned something he considers more grown up and
useful at the conservatory than he would have on his field trip.
5. What is the story mostly about?
A. The many things Jeremy learns on his trip to the observatory
B. The day Jeremy stays out home because he is sick
C. How Professor Helfand became interested in astronomy
D. Jeremy‟s field trip to the Rose Center
6. “Not so fast champ. Finish your sandwich, and then we‟ll go. You
haven‟t eaten anything all day, remember?”
Why might the author have included the above sentence?
A. to point out how difficult it is to eat when you feel sick
B. to show how strict Jeremy‟s dad is
C. to show the reader what kind of food Jeremy likes
D. to illustrate how excited Jeremy is
7. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below.
Jeremy gets too sick for his field trip and __________ learns what it
might be like to be a real scientist.
A. consequently
B. previously
C. on the other hand
D. in particular
8. Jeremy wants to be a scientist when he gets older.
Use evidence from the text to support this statement.
(written answer)
He was so excited to go on the field trip with his schoolmates, even do
he was sick he wanted to go.
When his father took him to meet Professor Helfand to go to the
observatory he was pleased and had a lot of knowledge about science
and planets in the solar system. And especially the emotion he felt
when talking about those topics that were very interesting to him
showed his interest in science and the universe.
Answer
9. What does Jeremy learn about the stars and universe from
Professor Helfand?
(written answer)
One of the things that he learnt about the universe is that planet Earth,
and the seven other planets in our solar system, are part of the Milky
Way galaxy, which is one of many galaxies in the universe. The farther
we can see with our telescopes, and the more patterns and behaviors
we can predict and detect of all the celestial bodies we know so far, the
more galaxies we can discover, and the more suns we can identify.
Also, that the Big Dipper is part of one of the brightest constellations
we can see, called Ursa Major.
10. What does Jeremy learn about the subject of science and how it
could apply to his future?
(written answer)
He learnt a lot things about science, scientific use science to know how the
universe works and how it is organized, they predict the movements and
location of the planets, behaviors, etc. furthermore, using telescopes they
have been exploring new stars and planets, technology and science are quite
important and because of it we are a very advance civilization, even though
out of what we can see, there are million and millions things that we don’t
know about.
