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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"
(a) Her ability to grasp ideas quickly.
(b) Her ability to make friends with anyone.
(c) Being in the right place at the right time.
(d) Her charm.

2. Where was Katherine Goble Johnson when she found out about the jobs available at Langley for black women?
(a) At church.
(b) In a bus station.
(c) At a wedding.
(d) At the laundromat.

3. Why did Langley employees hold meetings and social gatherings in their own Activities Building in the 1950s?
(a) Because it was the only building in the area large enough to accommodate them.
(b) Because they did not want people outside the laboratory to hear what they talked about.
(c) Because it was the nicest building in the area.
(d) So they could avoid trying to find a public building that would allow a racially mixed group.

4. What part of the Mercury Project did Katherine Goble Johnson request to work on?
(a) The landing sequence of the spacecraft.
(b) The formula for the rocket fuel.
(c) The design of the spacecraft.
(d) The trajectory of the orbital flight.

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

6. 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 in high schools to teach space science.
(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 explained spaceflight in layman's terms to make the case that a space program was in America's best interests.

7. What was the name of Mary Jackson's son who entered into the soap box derby race?
(a) Arthur.
(b) William.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Levi.

8. What country were Americans concerned about their students being able to compete with?
(a) China.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) Russia.

9. What was the name of America's first manned space project?
(a) Challenger.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Project Scout.
(d) Project Mercury.

10. What did James Williams have to do on his first day of work at Langley?
(a) Prove that he had an engineering degree.
(b) Convince the guards at the gate that he was an engineer.
(c) Deal with a mechanic who sabotaged his work.
(d) Take a test to prove he had the necessary skills to work there.

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

12. Why was it a challenge for black boys to enter into the All-American Soap Box Derby?
(a) They had to have an engineer sponsor them.
(b) They had to get special permission from their science teachers.
(c) It was hard for black families to hear about the contest in the first place.
(d) Some area would not let black boys enter the contest.

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

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

15. 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 reprimanded the white computers.
(c) He laughed at her.
(d) He told her that if she did not like being laughed at, she should work somewhere else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Katherine's analysis of an accident involving a small plane lead to?

2. Where did Christine Mann Darden attend college?

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

4. How did Dorothy Lee feel after agreeing with a report that women had to act like ladies in the workplace?

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan reinvent her career after the Analysis and Computation Division was created?

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