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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first human in space?
(a) Neil Armstrong.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Alan Shepard.
(d) Yuri Gagarin.

2. What was the purpose of the document titled "Introduction to Outer Space" that was prepared by President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on Science?
(a) The document explained spaceflight in layman's terms to make the case that a space program was in America's best interests.
(b) The document was used as a teaching tool for new engineers.
(c) The document was used as a recruiting tool for NASA.
(d) The document was used in high schools to teach space science.

3. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?
(a) The ability to match temperaments with groups.
(b) The ability to circumvent the management system.
(c) The ability to shrug off discriminatory remarks made by the East Computers.
(d) The ability to coddle the women under her.

4. How had Katherine Goble Johnson's father taught her to treat other people?
(a) As equals.
(b) As strangers to be wary of.
(c) As superiors to herself.
(d) As inferior to herself.

5. What percentage of the world's population did NACA's chief legal counsel say was "colored" in a memo written in 1956?
(a) 55%.
(b) 46%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 75%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the division chief of The Flight Research Division when Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?

2. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

3. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

4. Where did Jimmy Goble work when he and Katherine moved to Newsome Park?

5. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did NASA move the space program to Houston?

2. What made the theoretical group an especially good place for women to work?

3. What happened at Moton High School that drew them into the Brown v. Board of Education case?

4. What happened that allowed Katherine Goble Johnson the opportunity to publish her first research report?

5. Why did the talk that Mary Jackson and Emma Jean gave to a group of girls have such a great impact on the girls?

6. What was one major change that occurred when NACA became NASA?

7. Why did Mary Jackson think it was important for her son to participate in the soap box derby?

8. Why did Katherine Goble Johnson eat at her desk when she worked in the Flight Research Division?

9. Why was Katherine Goble Johnson prohibited from attending the editorial meetings?

10. Why did Katherine and Jimmy Goble have to stay with relatives when they attended Jimmy's sister's wedding?

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