Available Answers

1. 1.

   Look at the first four paragraphs. Which of them tells us what Bobby's secret knowledge was? What were the two parts of that knowledge (one about his father's plans, one about his own plans)?

2. 2.

   How is our curiosity about Bobby's secret knowledge built up before it is revealed? Two parts of the answer are given here. Find the third.

   1. Bobby shivered deliciously at the thought of it. (para 1)
   2. Might spill something secret. Might even let out the big secret. (para 2)
   3. _________________________________________________. (para 3)
3. 3.

   What was Bobby's own space rocket like? Did he spend time on it with real interest that morning? How can you tell? What was the reason? (para 14)
4. 4.

   Describe briefly Bobby's route from his house to his father's space rocket (paras 16-18-alley-ladder-sewer-grating to look above?
5. 5.

   How did Bobby come to know what the rocket was for and when it was going to shoot out? Did he also come to know that his father was going on it? If not, what made him believe that his father was going to? (paras 19-23)
6. 6.

   We see Bobby sitting firmly in the rocket in paragraph 26. When and where do we see him next? When do we learn why he is at home now instead of on the rocket? How does he explain it himself to his father?