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WorksheetsDr. Ronald McNair
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
Dr. McNair grew up when
Only white people could be astronauts
Only men could be astronauts
Most astronauts were military or ex-military
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Dr. McNair grew up when African-Americans
could go to any library they want to
could go to any school they wanted to
could go to any restaurant or theater that they wanted to
were limited to "blacks only" places or sections of places
When Dr. McNair was a little boy
he tried to check out a book from the Lake City Public (white) library
the police were called when he tried to check out a book
20 years after his death, the library was named after him
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Dr. McNair got his PhD in physics at
MIT
Harvard
UNLV
Cal Tech
Dr. McNair almost gave up studying physics
to play football
to play soccer
to grow cotton
to play jazz
After taking several tests, his college counselor said,
he should try the military
he should switch to music
he was good enough (to do physics)
he was wasting his time with college
Dr. McNair said that getting his PhD was like
a walk in the park, the simplest thing ever
a boxing match that lasted 5-years, making him wonder if he could make it
a relay race, with others helping him along the way
an opera, with lots of loud singing in languages he didn't understand.
How many people applied to become an astronaut in 1978, when Dr. McNair was accepted to become an astronaut?
15,000
8,000
2,700
4,400
How many applicants were accepted to become astronauts in 1978 when Dr. McNair was accepted?
12
24
48
35
Dr. McNair said after he got his doctorate, that he
should have switched to music
should have failed a long time ago
was better than enough
was okay, but not that great
