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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many students were killed in the bus crash at Moton High School?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

2. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?
(a) The Activities Building.
(b) Building 51.
(c) Building 1244.
(d) The Space Research Building.

3. Why was it difficult for Mary Jackson to attend engineering classes at Hampton High School?
(a) The school was segregated.
(b) Her supervisor had to give her permission to attend an engineering class.
(c) The classes were not open to women.
(d) She had to walk there.

4. Which of the following projects did Dorothy Vaughan work calculations for?
(a) Project Scout.
(b) Project Alpha.
(c) Project Mercury.
(d) The Sound Barrier Project.

5. How did Mary Jackson see her son's opportunity to build a soap box derby car?
(a) As a way of boosting his self-esteem.
(b) As an apprenticeship in engineering.
(c) As a way to show that he could do anything white children could do.
(d) As a waste of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Vaughan believe the West Computers would need to learn to use the electronic computers?

2. What was special about Mary Jackson's son winning the soap box derby?

3. Who did a secret military document suggest that a failure in John Glenn's flight be blamed on?

4. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?

5. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?

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