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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Signed a contract with Langley.
(b) Became a member of the church she had been attending.
(c) Divorced her husband.
(d) Signed a lease on a house.

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

5. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Depression.
(c) Her first pregnancy.
(d) Her father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

2. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?

3. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?

4. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

5. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?

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