You Should Meet Katherine Johnson Chapters 1-5

What did young Katherine believe about her father?

• He was the smartest man she ever knew, and he had a real gift for math.

• He secretly wanted to be a mathematician, and he regretted becoming a farmer.

• He at first wanted Katherine to run the family farm, but later changed his mind.

• He did not understand Katherine's love of math, but he supported her anyway.

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What job did Katherine's professor, W.W. Schieffelin Claytor, train her to pursue after she graduated from college?

• French teacher

• rocket scientist

• research mathematician

• professor of mathematics

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Which statement is one main idea from Chapters 1-3 of You Should Meet Katherine Johnson?

• When Katherine Johnson was young, there were fewer opportunities for African Americans to receive an education and find good jobs.

• Katherine Johnson was born and raised in West Virginia, but moved to Virginia when she was an adult.

• Katherine Johnson enjoyed French and even briefly taught the language after she graduated from college.

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Which NASA mission(s) did Katherine Johnson work on?

(Select all correct answers)

• Friendship 7

• Freedom 7

• Apollo 11

• Sputnik 1

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How did Katherine Johnson help the United States win the space race?

• Her superior math skills led the Russians to pursue other goals than manned space travel.

• She programmed the computers that launched John Glenn into orbit around Earth.

• Her calculations helped send astronauts to the moon and return them safely to Earth.

• She developed the equations that allowed American spacecraft to stay in space longer than Russian spacecraft.

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Which award did Katherine Johnson win in 2015 at the age of 97?

• the Purple Heart

• the Presidential Medal of Freedom

• NASA's Golden Star

• the Congressional Seal of Approval

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Why did Katherine, her siblings, and her mother move to Institute, West Virginia, while her father stayed in White Sulphur Springs?

• Her parents divorced just before Katherine was about to begin high school.

• White Sulphur Springs was a dangerous place for the family to live, and Institute was much safer.

• Katherine's mother got a job as a school teacher in Institute.

• There was a high school for the children to attend in Institute, but not in White Sulphur Springs.

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