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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How had Katherine Goble Johnson's father taught her to treat other people?
(a) As superiors to herself.
(b) As strangers to be wary of.
(c) As inferior to herself.
(d) As equals.

2. Who was the division chief of The Flight Research Division when Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?
(a) R. T. Jones.
(b) Henry Pearson.
(c) John Becker.
(d) James William.

3. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Farmville.
(c) Hampton.
(d) Newport News.

4. What was the first machine used at Langley to perform computations?
(a) A Bell calculator.
(b) An Apple computer.
(c) An IBM computer.
(d) An abacus.

5. What was Kaz's response when Mary told him about being laughed at by the white computers?
(a) He invited her to come and work for him.
(b) He reprimanded the white computers.
(c) He told her that if she did not like being laughed at, she should work somewhere else.
(d) He laughed at her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Dorothy Vaughan believe the West Computers would need to learn to use the electronic computers?

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

5. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?

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