View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Katherine Goble Johnson gain access to the editorial meetings?
(a) She went to the head of her department and made her case to be allowed to attend.
(b) She kept asking to attend until her male coworkers gave in.
(c) She just walked into a meeting one day.
(d) She went to her supervisor and complained.

2. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) Melvin Butler.
(d) Asa Phillip Randolph.

3. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As equals.
(b) As inferiors.
(c) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(d) She ignored them.

4. What was the name of Senator Byrd's movement against integration?
(a) Massive Resistance.
(b) School Safety.
(c) Rightful Resistance.
(d) White Power.

5. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?
(a) Nothing.
(b) $10 per week.
(c) $50 per month.
(d) $5 per week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Katherine Goble Johnson consider her greatest contribution to the space program?

2. What was Christine Mann Darden's first job at Langley?

3. What was Katherine Goble Johnson's relationship with her white male coworkers like?

4. What did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?

5. Who returned to work at NASA after completing her graduate work in mathematics?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 289 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample