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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Vaughan believe the West Computers would need to learn to use the electronic computers?
(a) The East Computers would take their jobs if they did not learn to use them.
(b) The electronic computers would eventually replace them, so they would need to be able to use them to keep their jobs.
(c) Their male coworkers would not learn to use the electronic computers.
(d) Their male coworkers would think they were not capable if they did not learn to use them.

2. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Sputnik.
(d) Red One.

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

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

5. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
(a) Melvin Butler.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Thomas Byrdsong.
(d) Harry Byrd.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.

3. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?

4. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?

5. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

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