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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?
(a) Sponsored a course in engineering physics.
(b) Paid for computers to go back to college.
(c) Required them to take classes at the local college.
(d) Paired them up with engineers who acted as mentors.

2. Where was the secret bunker for politicians to be evacuated to in the event of a Russian attack?
(a) Under the Greenbrier hotel.
(b) Under Hampton High School.
(c) Under the Washington Monument.
(d) Under the Langley Research Center.

3. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was a fighter plane.
(b) That it was experimental.
(c) That it was a cargo plane.
(d) That it was a bomber.

4. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?
(a) Airheads.
(b) NACA nuts.
(c) NACA nerds.
(d) Space cadets.

5. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?
(a) Ten cents more per hour.
(b) 50 percent more per hour.
(c) The same amount.
(d) Twice as much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

2. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?

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

4. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

5. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

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