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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) R.T. Jones.
(c) Melvin Butler.
(d) Harry Byrd.

2. What were the segregation laws called?
(a) Jim Crow laws.
(b) Colored Workers laws.
(c) Racial Separation laws.
(d) Uncle Tom laws.

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

4. What was the original name of NASA?
(a) NACA.
(b) NAACP.
(c) NAPA.
(d) NASP.

5. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?
(a) Revoked their passports.
(b) Put them in jail.
(c) Charged them with heavy fines.
(d) Denounced them in the press.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

2. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?

3. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?

4. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

5. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?

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