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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. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?
(a) She worked in an antiques store at a hotel.
(b) She worked as maid in a hotel.
(c) She worked in a laundromat.
(d) She worked in a library.

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

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

4. What branch of the military did Katherine Goble Johnson's second husband serve in?
(a) Marines.
(b) Army.
(c) Airforce.
(d) Navy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?

2. Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?

3. 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?

4. Who were the Greensboro Four?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the governor of Virginia respond to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling and what was the result?

3. Why did Dorothy Lee regret agreeing with a reporter when she said that women had to act like ladies in the workplace?

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

5. Why was there confusion about which room to place Katherine Goble Johnson's mother in when she was in the hospital?

6. What did Americans fear when Russia launched Sputnik?

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

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

9. Why was Katherine Goble Johnson warned not to ask for a transfer to an engineering group when she started working at Langley?

10. How did the disbanding of West Area Computing affect Dorothy Vaughan?

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