Question

Refer to You Should Meet Katherine Johnson for a complete version of this text.

Part A

Which statement is a main idea of Chapter 1?


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

Katherine and her brothers and sisters sit around a big table working on homework together.

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

Katherine follows her brothers and sisters to school before she is old enough to attend.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?


“‘After I finished mine, I’d help them with theirs!’ she recalled.”

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

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

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

Answer 1

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

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

Step-by-step explanation:

Katherine Johnson was an invaluable part of humanity's ascent into space and from chapter one of the book referenced, we learn that one reason for this was the fact that her parents made sure that their children received the best possible education that they could.

This included moving the family to Institute, West Virginia during the school year as it had a high school for African Americans in a time when the US was going through the dark age of racial segregation.