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

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

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

4. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(b) She ignored them.
(c) As equals.
(d) As inferiors.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

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

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