Dr. Ronald McNair

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