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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Hampton Institute.
(b) Virginia State University.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Spelman College.

2. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?
(a) Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
(b) Early in the Mornin'.
(c) Pick a Bale of Cotton.
(d) No More My Lawd.

3. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) A brain tumor.

4. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?
(a) Margery Hannah.
(b) Virginia Tucker.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Blanche Sponsler.

5. What country were Americans concerned about their students being able to compete with?
(a) China.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) Germany.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Katherine's analysis of an accident involving a small plane lead to?

3. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?

4. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

5. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?

(see the answer key)

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