The Rocket Man Quiz 1. What does the boy do to the father’s bag when he returns home? What does this show about his character?

2. What request does the mother make of the narrator that shows she misses having her husband at home?

3. Why won’t the mother allow the son to mow the lawn? What does this show about her character?

4. The father states, “Your mother treats me, sometimes, like I’m not here- as if I were invisible”. Analyze this statement.

5. What is the internal conflict the father faces? Describe how you know this?

6. How does the father die at the end of this story? What might “the sun” symbolize in terms of applying this to a theme?

7. What is the theme (lesson) of the story?

8. Do you feel the father should have given up his quest for adventure to prioritize his family? Why/why not?

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a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.