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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 9066.
(b) Executive Order 8802.
(c) Executive Order 13160.
(d) Executive Order 11246.

2. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Melvin Butler.

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

4. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) William Claytor.
(c) Asa Phillips Randolph.
(d) John Henrik Clarke.

5. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was a climate scientist.
(b) He was a mathematician.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) He was a custodian.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?

4. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

5. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?

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