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

2. Why was Katherine Goble Johnson unable to go to the editorial meetings?
(a) Because she was black.
(b) Because they did not pertain to her work.
(c) Because she was female.
(d) Because she was not an engineer.

3. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?
(a) Americans believed Russia had stolen plans for its satellite from America.
(b) Americans believed Russia was using the satellite to monitor their communications.
(c) Americans were humiliated that Russia had beat them to space.
(d) Americans were only weeks away from launching a manned spacecraft.

4. 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.

5. How many students were killed in the bus crash at Moton High School?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important research had the men in The Flight Research Division presented just weeks before Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?

2. What was Kaz's response when Mary told him about being laughed at by the white computers?

3. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was there a push toward space for Americans after Russia launched Sputnik?

2. Why was the U.S. Army called to a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?

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

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

6. What happened at Moton High School that drew them into the Brown v. Board of Education case?

7. Why was Katherine Goble Johnson prohibited from attending the editorial meetings?

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

9. In the 1950s, what made Dorothy Vaughan believe that the nature of the computers' jobs would be changing?

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

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