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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 Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(b) Wait for the white children to leave.
(c) Intimidate the white children.
(d) Get their first.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?

2. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?

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

4. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?

5. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

(see the answer key)

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