#19 Exit Ticket

Directions:

- Reread pages 48 (starting at the beginning of chapter 7) to 51 (ending at “. . . called them weirdos”).

- Then, answer the following questions.

2

Which sentence best represents a claim that could be supported from this excerpt?

The residents near Langley were not welcoming to the NACA employees.

The NACA employees could not discuss their work at the lab with anyone else.

Americans were more interested in the work at NACA than the Tuskegee Airmen.

The Mustang airplane was important to the success of World War II.

4

The plane was very fast and easy to fly at high speeds.

American citizens lacked the knowledge to understand the technology.

The Tuskegee Airmen contributed to the work at NACA.

The work as NACA was secret and critical to national security.

Non-employees could not relate to the Langley employees.

4

“. . . the Mustang airplanes fighting overseas was a topic of front page news . . .” (50).

“It’s best described as a ‘pilot’s airplane’” (48).

“. . . be on the lookout for spies disguised as soldiers . . .” (50).

“Many of them wore rumpled shirts with no ties . . .” (51).

“. . . get you up in the air, let you do your job, and bring you back to earth safely” (49).

“. . . found it difficult to find someone outside of the lab who would understand. . .” (50).