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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Katherine Goble Johnson unable to go to the editorial meetings?
(a) Because she was female.
(b) Because they did not pertain to her work.
(c) Because she was black.
(d) Because she was not an engineer.

2. In what year was East Computing disbanded?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1943.

3. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Became a member of the church she had been attending.
(b) Signed a contract with Langley.
(c) Signed a lease on a house.
(d) Divorced her husband.

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

5. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?
(a) Americans believed Russia had stolen plans for its satellite from America.
(b) Americans were only weeks away from launching a manned spacecraft.
(c) Americans believed Russia was using the satellite to monitor their communications.
(d) Americans were humiliated that Russia had beat them to space.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?

2. Where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet her second husband?

3. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

4. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?

5. What was the name of Mary Jackson's son who entered into the soap box derby race?

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