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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) Wait for the white children to leave.
(b) Intimidate the white children.
(c) Get their first.
(d) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.

2. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?
(a) Air Scoop.
(b) Research Reporter.
(c) NACA Notes.
(d) The Flyer.

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

4. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.
(b) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.
(c) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.
(d) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.

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?
(a) Pick a Bale of Cotton.
(b) Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
(c) Early in the Mornin'.
(d) No More My Lawd.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?

2. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

3. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

4. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

5. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?

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