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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why was it difficult for Mary Jackson to attend engineering classes at Hampton High School?
(a) Her supervisor had to give her permission to attend an engineering class.
(b) The school was segregated.
(c) She had to walk there.
(d) The classes were not open to women.

4. What does NASA stand for?
(a) Newport Aeronautical and Science Administration.
(b) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(c) New Airplane Science Administration.
(d) National Aero Space Alliance.

5. How long were schools in Prince Edward closed due to defunding to avoid segregation?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Five years.

6. Where did Jimmy Goble work when he and Katherine moved to Newsome Park?
(a) The shipyard.
(b) At a high school.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Langley Research Center.

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

8. 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 told her that if she did not like being laughed at, she should work somewhere else.
(d) He laughed at her.

9. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?
(a) The Space Research Building.
(b) Building 51.
(c) The Activities Building.
(d) Building 1244.

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

11. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?
(a) R.T. Jones.
(b) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(c) Kaz Czarnecki.
(d) Dorothy Vaughan.

12. What did school boards in the community around Langley do to keep black students from attending white schools after schools were integrated?
(a) They paid "school fees" to the families.
(b) They did not allow black students to participate in extracurricular activities.
(c) They offered scholarships to black students who graduated from black schools.
(d) They placed black students in lower level classes than white students.

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

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

15. 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) Engineer.
(b) Computer.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Bookkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Katherine Goble Johnson's father taught her to treat other people?

2. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?

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

4. Where was Central High School, the white school that was in the news because black students were trying to integrate it?

5. What was the name of the white woman who went with Mary Jackson to speak to a group of black female students about science and engineering careers?

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