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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 was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?
(a) William.
(b) James.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Howard.

2. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?
(a) The ability to match temperaments with groups.
(b) The ability to shrug off discriminatory remarks made by the East Computers.
(c) The ability to coddle the women under her.
(d) The ability to circumvent the management system.

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

4. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

5. Why did Mary Jackson's calculations come up wrong when she was given an assignment by the chief of the Compressibility Division?
(a) There was an error made in the research phase.
(b) He had given her the wrong numbers to use for the calculations.
(c) The equation she was asked to use was incorrect.
(d) She had made a simple math error.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

2. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?

3. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?

4. What was the first machine used at Langley to perform computations?

5. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?

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