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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 important research had the men in The Flight Research Division presented just weeks before Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?
(a) Research on the control of fighter planes.
(b) Research on space flight.
(c) Research on slotted wind tunnel walls.
(d) Research on air turbulence.

2. How had Katherine Goble Johnson's father taught her to treat other people?
(a) As strangers to be wary of.
(b) As equals.
(c) As superiors to herself.
(d) As inferior to herself.

3. What was Katherine Goble Johnson's relationship with her white male coworkers like?
(a) They overworked her.
(b) They treated her as though she were beneath them.
(c) She was never able to be herself around them.
(d) She was comfortable with them.

4. What was the name of Mary Jackson's son who entered into the soap box derby race?
(a) Levi.
(b) William.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Arthur.

5. How did the engineers in Flight Research and PARD learn about space flight?
(a) They used information the CIA had stolen from Russia.
(b) They started a self-education lecture series.
(c) They attended courses at Hampton Institute.
(d) They brought in lead scientists from around the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the students in Christine Mann Darden's high school worry about when they heard the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

2. What did Langley's Analysis and Computation Division do?

3. What position was Dorothy Lee subbing in when she impressed the branch chief with her math skills and earned her permanent position in his branch?

4. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?

5. How old was Christine Mann Darden when she started the second grade?

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