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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose work was sabotaged by a mechanic?
(a) Mary Jackson's work.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong's work.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson's work.
(d) Kaz Czarnecki's work.

2. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?
(a) To discuss the way Katherine Goble Johnson had been treated by the male engineers.
(b) To recommend that he hire Mary Jackson.
(c) To request a raise.
(d) To clarify Katherine Goble Johnson's position as a member of West Computing or as a permanent member of Flight Research.

3. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
(a) North American P-51 Mustang.
(b) Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
(c) Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
(d) Chance Vaught F4U Corsair.

4. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?
(a) She was a bookkeeper for a hotel.
(b) She worked at the USO.
(c) She did laundry at Camp Pickett.
(d) She was a waitress.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?

2. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?

3. Where was Katherine Goble Johnson when she found out about the jobs available at Langley for black women?

4. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?

5. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?

(see the answer key)

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