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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 did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?
(a) Black Battalions.
(b) Tan Soldiers.
(c) Tan Yanks.
(d) Black Yanks.

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

3. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?
(a) Mary Jackson's family.
(b) Christine Darden's family.
(c) Margery Hannah's family.
(d) Miriam Mann's family.

4. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?
(a) Chuck Yeager.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Thomas Byrdsong.
(d) Harry Byrd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?

2. In 1970, what percentage of engineers in America were black?

3. What was the original name of NASA?

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

5. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

(see the answer key)

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