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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. Who did Gloria Champine help to achieve promotions during a time when men were still promoted over women?
(a) Christine Mann Darden.
(b) Miriam Mann.
(c) Mary Jackson.
(d) Katherine Goble Johnson.

2. In what year did NACA become NASA?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1947.

3. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?
(a) Moon Landing II.
(b) NASA Town.
(c) Astronaut Academy, USA.
(d) Spacetown, USA.

4. Why did Mary Jackson return home after her first year as a teacher?
(a) To care for her ill father.
(b) Because she did not like teaching.
(c) To pursue a graduate degree.
(d) She had been fired for expecting too much from her students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?

2. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?

3. Who returned to work at NASA after completing her graduate work in mathematics?

4. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?

5. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?

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