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

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

3. Whose work was sabotaged by a mechanic?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong's work.
(b) Mary Jackson's work.
(c) Kaz Czarnecki's work.
(d) Katherine Goble Johnson's work.

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

5. What Supreme Court announcement did Katherine Goble Johnson discuss with her male coworkers?
(a) The Rosenberg Trial.
(b) Roe v. Wade.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Katherine Goble Johnson gain access to the editorial meetings?

2. What did Langley's Analysis and Computation Division do?

3. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

4. Where was Katherine Goble Johnson when she found out about the jobs available at Langley for black women?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did black families handle the closing of schools in Prince Edward due to defunding by segregationists?

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

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. Why did Katherine Goble Johnson decide not to let the engineer who walked away from her when she sat at a desk bother her?

6. What happened that allowed Katherine Goble Johnson the opportunity to publish her first research report?

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

8. Why did NASA move the space program to Houston?

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

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

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