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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?
(a) The Double War.
(b) The Double V.
(c) The Constant Battle.
(d) The Black Man's Battle.

2. Why did Mary Jackson's calculations come up wrong when she was given an assignment by the chief of the Compressibility Division?
(a) The equation she was asked to use was incorrect.
(b) He had given her the wrong numbers to use for the calculations.
(c) There was an error made in the research phase.
(d) She had made a simple math error.

3. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As equals.
(b) As inferiors.
(c) She ignored them.
(d) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.

4. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) Melvin Butler.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(d) John Glenn.

5. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?
(a) Denounced them in the press.
(b) Charged them with heavy fines.
(c) Revoked their passports.
(d) Put them in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the Mercury Project did Katherine Goble Johnson request to work on?

2. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?

3. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.

4. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

5. What Supreme Court announcement did Katherine Goble Johnson discuss with her male coworkers?

(see the answer key)

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