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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the first manned mission to the moon take place?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1963.

2. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?
(a) Kaz.
(b) R.T. Jones.
(c) John Becker.
(d) Jaybird.

3. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Tuskegee Airmen.
(c) The Negro Air Patrol.
(d) The African American Airmen.

4. What was the name of Senator Byrd's movement against integration?
(a) School Safety.
(b) Rightful Resistance.
(c) Massive Resistance.
(d) White Power.

5. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?
(a) They were not allowing black students to attend classes there.
(b) They were paying black teachers less than white teachers.
(c) They were not offering black students the same opportunities as white students.
(d) They would not hire black teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?

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

3. What was the name of Mary Jackson's son who entered into the soap box derby race?

4. What was the name of the spacecraft that took the first men to the moon?

5. What did the reporter who interviewed Dorothy Lee say that women had to work like?

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