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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?
(a) Copeland Park.
(b) Newsome Park.
(c) Aberdeen Gardens.
(d) Stuart Gardens.

3. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Farmville.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Hampton.
(d) Newport News.

4. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Intimidate the white children.
(b) Get their first.
(c) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(d) Wait for the white children to leave.

5. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) Harry Byrd.
(c) Chuck Yeager.
(d) John Glenn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.

2. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?

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

4. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

5. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

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