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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the students in Christine Mann Darden's high school worry about when they heard the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
(a) They worried they would not be able to compete with white students.
(b) They worried that they would be forced to move to where they could go to white schools.
(c) They worried that their white classmates would be angry if the black students got better grades.
(d) They worried that their school would be closed.

2. What was Kaz's response when Mary told him about being laughed at by the white computers?
(a) He invited her to come and work for him.
(b) He told her that if she did not like being laughed at, she should work somewhere else.
(c) He laughed at her.
(d) He reprimanded the white computers.

3. Why did Dorothy Hoover leave NACA?
(a) Because she could not advance to an engineering position at NACA.
(b) To get married.
(c) To pursue a master's degree in mathematics.
(d) For a better job in another laboratory.

4. How did Mary Jackson see her son's opportunity to build a soap box derby car?
(a) As a waste of time.
(b) As a way of boosting his self-esteem.
(c) As a way to show that he could do anything white children could do.
(d) As an apprenticeship in engineering.

5. Where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet her second husband?
(a) At a basketball game.
(b) At a school board meeting.
(c) At a church choir practice.
(d) At Langley.

6. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Sputnik.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Red One.

7. What innovation was added to the wind tunnels to make them more closely simulate flight conditions?
(a) Slotted walls.
(b) A sloped floor.
(c) Sloped walls.
(d) A solid ceiling.

8. How did the engineers in Flight Research and PARD learn about space flight?
(a) They started a self-education lecture series.
(b) They brought in lead scientists from around the world.
(c) They attended courses at Hampton Institute.
(d) They used information the CIA had stolen from Russia.

9. What position was Dorothy Lee subbing in when she impressed the branch chief with her math skills and earned her permanent position in his branch?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Computer.

10. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?
(a) A brain tumor.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

11. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?
(a) She was very light-skinned.
(b) She had blue eyes.
(c) She was also of Chinese descent.
(d) Her personality made people forget to think about her skin color.

12. 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 was used as a recruiting tool for NASA.
(b) The document was used as a teaching tool for new engineers.
(c) The document explained spaceflight in layman's terms to make the case that a space program was in America's best interests.
(d) The document was used in high schools to teach space science.

13. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?
(a) John Becker.
(b) Jaybird.
(c) R.T. Jones.
(d) Kaz.

14. What did the reporter who interviewed Dorothy Lee say that women had to work like?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Men.
(c) Mules.
(d) Dogs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did school boards in the community around Langley do to keep black students from attending white schools after schools were integrated?

2. How old was Christine Mann Darden when she started the second grade?

3. Why was it difficult for Mary Jackson to attend engineering classes at Hampton High School?

4. What does NASA stand for?

5. What did Executive Order 10925, signed by President Kennedy, call for?

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