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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her former babysitter.
(b) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(c) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(d) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.

2. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was a cargo plane.
(b) That it was experimental.
(c) That it was a bomber.
(d) That it was a fighter plane.

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

4. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 100.
(b) 500+.
(c) 20.
(d) 200+.

5. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1971.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?

4. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

5. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?

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