You Should Meet Katherine Johnson Review

What is a main idea of chapter 1?

• Katherine’s parents make sure that all of their children receive the best possible education.

• Katherine’s father is smart even though he only completed school through the sixth grade.

• Katherine follows her brothers and sisters to school before she is old enough to attend.

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What best supports the main idea of "Katherine’s parents make sure that all of their children receive the best possible education."

• “‘He could look at a tree and know how many boards of wood he could get out of it.’”

• "She counted family members, dishes, the number of steps from home to school, and so much more."

• “Institute had a high school for African Americans, and Katherine’s mother and father made sure all of their children graduated from it.”

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What detail best supports the main idea from chapter 4 that Katherine played an important role in the Apollo 11 flight? 

• “The Soviet Union took the lead again when it came to sending a man into space.”

• “The landing and successful return of Apollo 11’s flight to the moon made headlines all around the world. And it could not have been possible without Katherine’s help.”

• “‘If we were off by just a few feet or seconds, they were done for,’ she remembered. ‘The astronauts wouldn’t have been able to return home.’”

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When they are young, Katherine and her siblings do not have the same educational opportunities as white children.

Which detail from You Should Meet Katherine Johnson best supports this idea?

• "Katherine's father, however, was determined that all of his children would go to high school and to college, too."

• “Because Katherine had skipped two grades, she started high school when she was just ten.”  

• “In school Katherine always had her hand in the air to ask questions.”

• “Katherine’s hometown did not even have a high school for African Americans.”

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People who work with Katherine count on her for her expert skills and accuracy.

Which detail from You Should Meet Katherine Johnson best supports this idea?

• “Katherine worked for a day and a half on the calculations that the computer had done.”

• “John Glenn, however, had more faith in Katherine than in any new technology.”

• “Katherine worked on every space mission at NASA until she retired in 1986.”

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Which response best describes the overall structure of You Should Meet Katherine Johnson?

• The most important information about Katherine’s life appears first.

• The text explains Katherine’s solutions for the problems that NASA experienced.

• The events in Katherine’s life are presented in chronological order.

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Read the following summary of “Mathematician Katherine Johnson at Work.”

Katherine Johnson was part of a pool of African American women hired to work as mathematical researchers for NACA in 1953. Katherine was quickly chosen to work with engineers because she set herself apart as a strong leader and a gifted mathematician who was eager to learn. Katherine worked more than thirty years for NACA, which later became NASA. She also worked on more recent projects, like the space shuttle program. In 2015, Katherine was awarded with the highest honor to be presented to a U.S. civilian, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Which key detail should be included to complete the most effective summary?

• In this time, she made important contributions to important space missions, including the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.

• Katherine thought that more young people should become scientists.

• Part of NACA was the Guidance and Navigation Department.

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Read the following summary of “Mathematician Katherine Johnson at Work.”

Katherine Johnson joined NACA in 1953 as part of a team of African American women who were trained as mathematical researchers. From the beginning, Katherine stood out as a strong leader who was eager to learn. She was also an expert at math calculations and was moved from the research team to work with engineers on flight projects. When the U.S. decided to invest in space exploration, NACA became NASA and Katherine was an important part of the program’s success. She worked on several early space missions, including the first flight to the moon. Later, she contributed to projects like the space shuttle program.

Which key detail should be included to complete the most effective summary?

• After 1962, Katherine spent time with young people helping them find careers in science or technology.

• Katherine made sure that computer calculations were correct and solved many problems by approaching them differently from the engineers she worked with.

• Katherine contributed more to the U.S. space program than any other individual who worked for NASA.

• Katherine worked for NASA for more than thirty years and, in 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in honor of her service and contributions.

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Which sentence best supports the inference that Katherine quickly demonstrates her abilities at her new job.

• She spent four years analyzing data

• Just two weeks into Katherine's tenure in the office, she was assigned to a special division.

• She began work at Langley in 1953

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What is the author's point in this paragraph?  Read the following paragraph from “Katherine Johnson Biography.”

Being handpicked to be one of three black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools is something that many people would consider one of their life’s most notable moments, but it’s just one of several breakthroughs that have marked Katherine Johnson’s long and remarkable life. Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in 1918, Katherine Johnson’s intense curiosity and brilliance with numbers vaulted her ahead several grades in school. By thirteen, she was attending the high school on the campus of historically black West Virginia State College. At eighteen, she enrolled in the college itself, where she made quick work of the school’s math curriculum and found a mentor in math professor W. W. Schieffelin Claytor, the third African American to earn a PhD in Mathematics. Katherine graduated with highest honors in 1937 and took a job teaching at a black public school in Virginia. 

• Because of her advanced math skills and natural curiosity, Katherine is an outstanding student.

• Katherine is one of three students to be selected to attend graduate school.

• Katherine becomes a public school teacher after she graduates from college.

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