Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Chapters 1 - 3
1. TJ's parents were _____ that he enlisted.

2. Why was Jamie so wound up when she first played cards with Private Hollister?

3. What game did the Colonel teach Jamie that her mother did not appreciate Jamie learning?

4. Where did the Colonel store his medals?

5. What was the Colonel's third love?

6. Why do you think Jamie referred to her father as the Colonel and not her dad?









 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Chapters 4 - 8
7. Private Hollister's _____ had died in the war.

8. TJ started taking pictures when his family was stationed in _____.

9. What was in TJ's first package from Vietnam?

10. Jamie had loaned _____ to Cindy.

11. What did Sgt. Byrd say that made Jamie like him?

12. Use specific examples to explain the following quote from the Colonel: "You can live your life or you can watch it."








 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Chapters 9 - 12
13. What subject did TJ always photograph at least once in every roll that he sent Jamie?

14. What was rice paddy stew?

15. What was Private Hollister's job in the army?

16. Jaime thought it was sad that:

17. Private Hollister asked Jamie to:

18. Describe a time when everyone was tense and quiet, and then something happened that caused everyone to relax and return to normal conversation.








 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Chapters 13 - 16
19. Why did Mrs. Ronco think Jamie could write newspaper articles?

20. How did Jamie learn that Private Hollister had left?

21. Why didn't Jamie's father want to listen to her questions about Private Hollister?

22. What did Jamie do in the days after learning that TJ was missing?

23. What did Jamie do while her brother was MIA?

24. Explain what Alice meant when she said photography was "the art of writing with light."








 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Review
25. When TJ sent film, Jamie always printed a picture of _____ for Cindy.

The moon

Cute GI's

Wounded soldiers

Flowers
26. What three things did the Colonel love the most?

His family, his country, football

Football, the flag, military parades

The army, his family, playing cards

Military uniforms, his family, the flag
27. How did Jamie know Private Hollister?

He was TJ's friend.

He worked at the rec center where Jamie volunteered.

He worked at the supermarket where Jamie's mom shopped.

He was Cindy's brother.
28. Why did Jamie decide to take newspaper as an elective?

It meant she could stay out later.

It meant she didn't have to take English.

Cindy asked her to do it.

She got permission to help with film developing.
29. While growing up, TJ learned photography and Jamie:

Read mystery novels

Learned to play the piano

Sketched horses

Read comic books
30. How did the Colonel feel about TJ's enlistment?

He was proud of him.

He was all for it.

He wanted him to become a lawyer first.

He wanted him to go to college first.
31. What did TJ say when he returned home and saw the moon photos?

"We shared the moon!"

TJ was silent.

"You got all the ones I missed."

"You are a fantastic film developer."
32. Who taught Jamie how to develop film?

The Colonel

TJ

Sgt. Byrd

Private Hollister
33. What did Jamie and the Colonel know that no one else in the family knew?

The Colonel refused to sign TJ's papers.

TJ had been shot.

The Colonel had asked that TJ be sent to Germany.

The Colonel had tried to pull strings to keep TJ from going to Vietnam.
34. What made Jamie interested in photography?

The Colonel wanted her to try it.

Private Hollister needed a photo developed.

TJ's first package

Her teacher suggested it.

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010)
Circle the correct word.
1.  
fetiguesfatgeusfattiguesfatigues
fuhtegzfatiguessfatigeusfahtuegz
2.  
brazenbrazennbrazinbraazen
brazuhnbrazzenbrayzunbrezen
3.  
moomentousmomentusmomentuomomintous
mamontoosmamentousmomentuosmomentous
4.  
duhsuriydisarraydiserraydsarray
dihuraydihsuraydihsuradisarra
5.  
pruseperusipurooperus
perussepuroozzpiruseperuse
6.  
rodyruodeerowdyroude
roudearuedieraadeerowd
7.  
midevacmedeacmedevcmedevac
medevvacmudevicmedevecmedivac
8.  
billowbihlohhbolliwbihlo
balluwbilowbillawbillo
9.  
flak jacketflak jauhtflak jakuhtflak jackit
flaak jacketflek jacketflek jakkuhtfak jacket
10.  
sparolspieruhlspirlspial
spirelspiiralsparilspiral
11.  
cejolecajalecajoekuhjohl
kuhjolkujohlcajollecajole
12.  
farmudibluformidableformideblefurmidiblo
formidalefarmidableforidableformidabli
13.  
mettemeehtuhlmehtahlmetle
mehtulmuhtuhlmihtuhlmettle
14.  
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lakluhsurlacklussterlackllusterlakluhtur

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010)
15.  
skrawnneeskrawnescrewnysrawnee
scrawyskrawneascrownyscrawny

 

Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
Shooting the Moon
(Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010)
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789
10
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12
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Down
2.  TRESTYGA - an elaborate and systematic plan of action
4.  CLJEAO - to urge with gentle and repeated requests; to coax
5.  CPILIRTETA - reproduce threefold
6.  AMRPURHH - to clear the throat in a pompous way
8.  RLAAIMA - disease caused by the bite of an infected mosquito that usually results in high fever, chills, and sweats
9.  ECEDVAM - helicopter for transporting wounded people
10.  ERVE - turn sharply; change direction abruptly


Across
1.  ASEID - a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
3.  LAKF CTEAKJ - a form of protective clothing designed to provide protection from shrapnel (2 words)
7.  HEERS - complete and without restriction or qualification or priority
11.  IRPSTAE - walk or tramp about
12.  DBAOLEIRMF - extremely impressive in strength or excellence
13.  NTTELNAEIMS - something that appeals to the emotions or romantic feelings

 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Chapters 1 - 3
1. TJ's parents were _____ that he enlisted.
unhappy
2. Why was Jamie so wound up when she first played cards with Private Hollister?
Her brother had left for Vietnam.
3. What game did the Colonel teach Jamie that her mother did not appreciate Jamie learning?
pool
4. Where did the Colonel store his medals?
in a drawer
5. What was the Colonel's third love?
football
6. Why do you think Jamie referred to her father as the Colonel and not her dad?



Chapters 4 - 8
7. Private Hollister's _____ had died in the war.
brother
8. TJ started taking pictures when his family was stationed in _____.
Germany
9. What was in TJ's first package from Vietnam?
a roll of film

 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
10. Jamie had loaned _____ to Cindy.
Brutus
11. What did Sgt. Byrd say that made Jamie like him?
He said medics were heroes.
12. Use specific examples to explain the following quote from the Colonel: "You can live your life or you can watch it."



Chapters 9 - 12
13. What subject did TJ always photograph at least once in every roll that he sent Jamie?
the moon
14. What was rice paddy stew?
all different rations mixed together with Tabasco sauce
15. What was Private Hollister's job in the army?
radio operator
16. Jaime thought it was sad that:
She couldn't express love toward Cindy.
17. Private Hollister asked Jamie to:
ask her father if Private Hollister was being sent to Vietnam

 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
18. Describe a time when everyone was tense and quiet, and then something happened that caused everyone to relax and return to normal conversation.



Chapters 13 - 16
19. Why did Mrs. Ronco think Jamie could write newspaper articles?
She told her it was just following rules.
20. How did Jamie learn that Private Hollister had left?
She went to the rec center and the replacement told her.
21. Why didn't Jamie's father want to listen to her questions about Private Hollister?
He wanted to go home to tell the family that TJ was missing.
22. What did Jamie do in the days after learning that TJ was missing?
She developed all his shots of the moon to find clues of his whereabouts.
23. What did Jamie do while her brother was MIA?
She shot photos of the moon.
24. Explain what Alice meant when she said photography was "the art of writing with light."



 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
Review
25. When TJ sent film, Jamie always printed a picture of _____ for Cindy.

The moon

Cute GI's

Wounded soldiers

Flowers
26. What three things did the Colonel love the most?

His family, his country, football

Football, the flag, military parades

The army, his family, playing cards

Military uniforms, his family, the flag
27. How did Jamie know Private Hollister?

He was TJ's friend.

He worked at the rec center where Jamie volunteered.

He worked at the supermarket where Jamie's mom shopped.

He was Cindy's brother.
28. Why did Jamie decide to take newspaper as an elective?

It meant she could stay out later.

It meant she didn't have to take English.

Cindy asked her to do it.

She got permission to help with film developing.
29. While growing up, TJ learned photography and Jamie:

Read mystery novels

Learned to play the piano

Sketched horses

Read comic books
30. How did the Colonel feel about TJ's enlistment?

He was proud of him.

He was all for it.

He wanted him to become a lawyer first.

He wanted him to go to college first.
31. What did TJ say when he returned home and saw the moon photos?

"We shared the moon!"

TJ was silent.

"You got all the ones I missed."

"You are a fantastic film developer."
32. Who taught Jamie how to develop film?

The Colonel

TJ

Sgt. Byrd

Private Hollister
33. What did Jamie and the Colonel know that no one else in the family knew?

The Colonel refused to sign TJ's papers.

TJ had been shot.

The Colonel had asked that TJ be sent to Germany.

The Colonel had tried to pull strings to keep TJ from going to Vietnam.
34. What made Jamie interested in photography?

The Colonel wanted her to try it.

Private Hollister needed a photo developed.

TJ's first package

Her teacher suggested it.

 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
1.  
fetiguesfatgeusfattiguesfatigues
fuhtegzfatiguessfatigeusfahtuegz
2.  
brazenbrazennbrazinbraazen
brazuhnbrazzenbrayzunbrezen
3.  
moomentousmomentusmomentuomomintous
mamontoosmamentousmomentuosmomentous
4.  
duhsuriydisarraydiserraydsarray
dihuraydihsuraydihsuradisarra
5.  
pruseperusipurooperus
perussepuroozzpiruseperuse
6.  
rodyruodeerowdyroude
roudearuedieraadeerowd
7.  
midevacmedeacmedevcmedevac
medevvacmudevicmedevecmedivac
8.  
billowbihlohhbolliwbihlo
balluwbilowbillawbillo
9.  
flak jacketflak jauhtflak jakuhtflak jackit
flaak jacketflek jacketflek jakkuhtfak jacket
10.  
sparolspieruhlspirlspial
spirelspiiralsparilspiral
11.  
cejolecajalecajoekuhjohl
kuhjolkujohlcajollecajole
12.  
farmudibluformidableformideblefurmidiblo
formidalefarmidableforidableformidabli
13.  
mettemeehtuhlmehtahlmetle
mehtulmuhtuhlmihtuhlmettle
14.  
lacklustirlaklusterlacklusterlacluster
lakluhsurlacklussterlackllusterlakluhtur

15.  
skrawnneeskrawnescrewnysrawnee
scrawyskrawneascrownyscrawny

 

Shooting the Moon
Key 1 - Answer ID # 0258010
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