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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) School teacher.
(b) Maid.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Nurse.

2. 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) Denounced them in the press.
(b) Charged them with heavy fines.
(c) Revoked their passports.
(d) Put them in jail.

3. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?
(a) Ten.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?
(a) Through the back door of the bus.
(b) By getting permission from the bus driver before entering.
(c) Through the front door of the bus.
(d) They had to wait for all white passengers to enter first.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?

2. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?

3. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

4. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?

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

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