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"While I listened to the beeping, I had this mental image of Russian high-school kids lifting the Sputnik and putting it in place on top of a big, sleek rocket. I envied them and wondered how it was they were so smart." {Ans: Sonny's thoughts on Russians education system being ahead of US as it relates to Sputnik}"All I've done is give you a book. You have the courage to learn what's inside it." {Ans: Sonny's science teacher, Miss Riley, when she gives Sonny the book "Principles of Guided Missile Design".}"To get out of here, you've got to show your dad you're smarter than he thinks. I believe you can build a rocket. He doesn't. I want you to show him I'm right and he's wrong. Is that too much to ask?" {Ans: Elsie (Sonny's mother) - the dream his mother has for Sonny.}"The tipple loomed before me like a giant black spider. According to Mom, Dad thought all I was good for was working there as a clerk." {Ans: Sonny on the "mine" - The mine represents a life of accepting limitations and is a dangerous trap that Sonny has to fight to escape.}"25 men