Hidden Figures Test | Final Test - Medium

Margot Lee Shetterly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Hidden Figures Test | Final Test - Medium

Margot Lee Shetterly
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet her second husband?
(a) At a basketball game.
(b) At a school board meeting.
(c) At Langley.
(d) At a church choir practice.

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

3. 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) Bookkeeper.
(d) Secretary.

4. Where was Central High School, the white school that was in the news because black students were trying to integrate it?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(d) Miami, Florida.

5. 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 an apprenticeship in engineering.
(c) As a waste of time.
(d) As a way of boosting his self-esteem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?

2. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Americans fear when Russia launched Sputnik?

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

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

10. What made the theoretical group an especially good place for women to work?

(see the answer keys)

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