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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) World War I.
(b) The launch of Sputnik.
(c) The space race.
(d) World War II.

2. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

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

4. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 11246.
(b) Executive Order 8802.
(c) Executive Order 13160.
(d) Executive Order 9066.

5. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At Langley Research Center.
(b) At the USO.
(c) At the Hampton Institute.
(d) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

3. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

4. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

5. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

(see the answer key)

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