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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. 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) Early in the Mornin'.
(b) Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
(c) Pick a Bale of Cotton.
(d) No More My Lawd.

2. What did school boards in the community around Langley do to keep black students from attending white schools after schools were integrated?
(a) They placed black students in lower level classes than white students.
(b) They offered scholarships to black students who graduated from black schools.
(c) They did not allow black students to participate in extracurricular activities.
(d) They paid "school fees" to the families.

3. In 1967, where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet Christine Mann Darden?
(a) At a birthday party for her daughter Joylette.
(b) At Langley.
(c) At church.
(d) At a sorority meeting.

4. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?
(a) To discuss the way Katherine Goble Johnson had been treated by the male engineers.
(b) To recommend that he hire Mary Jackson.
(c) To clarify Katherine Goble Johnson's position as a member of West Computing or as a permanent member of Flight Research.
(d) To request a raise.

5. What important research had the men in The Flight Research Division presented just weeks before Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?
(a) Research on air turbulence.
(b) Research on space flight.
(c) Research on the control of fighter planes.
(d) Research on slotted wind tunnel walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?

2. How did the engineers in Flight Research and PARD learn about space flight?

3. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?

4. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?

5. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?

(see the answer key)

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