Who founded the town of Coalwood, West Virginia?
The Captain
Mr. Dubonnet
Mr. Van Dyke
Mr. Carter
What high school did Sonny attend?
Big Creek High School
Who was the pastor of the company church?
Reverend Lanier
Reverend Richard
The company town of Coalwood included all of the following EXCEPT...
library
dentist and doctor
mall
cable television system
Who was Homer, Sr.'s wife?
Elsie
Elise
Lisa
Emma
Why did some in Coalwood fear the Russian satellite Sputnik?
Some feared the Russians were spying on the U.S., and some also feared it carried with it an atomic bomb.
What high school girl did Sonny like?
Dorothy Plunk
What rocket scientist inspired Sonny to see outside the confines of Coalwood, West Virginia, and made him want to build rockets?
Dr. Wernher von Braun, German rocket scientist who later came to work with the United States space program
What was the name of the dog aboard the Russian satellite Sputnik II?
Laika
Name the popular dance/music hangout and their DJ who was also the school janitor.
Ed Johnson, the school janitor was the DJ at the Dugout.
Which of Sonny's friends had polio which crippled one of his legs?
Sherman
Sonny's friends included all EXCEPT...
Sherman
Roy Lee
O'Connor
O'Dell
What was Elsie painting on her dining room wall?
a beach scene mural
Sonny and his friends' first rocket was made of all of the following items EXCEPT FOR...
flashlight casing
black powder
wingless fuselage of a model airplane
cherry bomb
What did the first rocket Sonny and his friends launch destroy?
Elsie's rose garden fence
What does Elsie say when Sonny says he wants to build a rocket?
"Don't blow yourself up."
