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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose work was sabotaged by a mechanic?
(a) Kaz Czarnecki's work.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong's work.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson's work.
(d) Mary Jackson's work.

2. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?
(a) The ability to shrug off discriminatory remarks made by the East Computers.
(b) The ability to coddle the women under her.
(c) The ability to circumvent the management system.
(d) The ability to match temperaments with groups.

3. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?
(a) The Nuremberg trial.
(b) Roe v. Wade.
(c) Brown v. Board of Education.
(d) The Rosenberg trial.

4. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?
(a) Talking about their work.
(b) Socializing with people of different races.
(c) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(d) Letting anyone know where they worked.

5. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) James.
(c) William.
(d) Howard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

2. Where did Jimmy Goble work when he and Katherine moved to Newsome Park?

3. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?

4. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?

5. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?

(see the answer key)

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