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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(b) Mary Jackson.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Miriam Mann.

2. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?
(a) Sputnik.
(b) Red One.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Mercury.

3. What made white computers laugh at Mary Jackson?
(a) She made a calculation error.
(b) She was not allowed to sit with them in the cafeteria.
(c) She did not know how to use a calculator.
(d) She asked them where the bathroom was.

4. Where did Christine Mann Darden attend college?
(a) Virginia State University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Hampton Institute.

5. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?
(a) To go easy on her grieving daughters.
(b) Not to give her daughters any special treatment.
(c) To allow Dorothy Vaughan to pick the children up from school.
(d) To avoid talking about her husband's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?

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

3. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?

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

5. What did James Williams have to do on his first day of work at Langley?

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