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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 did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(b) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(c) The woman was her former babysitter.
(d) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.

2. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?
(a) R.T. Jones.
(b) Kaz.
(c) Jaybird.
(d) John Becker.

3. In 1970, what percentage of engineers in America were black?
(a) 5%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 10%.

4. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?
(a) She worked as maid in a hotel.
(b) She worked in an antiques store at a hotel.
(c) She worked in a laundromat.
(d) She worked in a library.

5. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?
(a) East Area.
(b) South Area.
(c) West Area.
(d) North Area.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students were killed in the bus crash at Moton High School?

2. How old was Christine Mann Darden when she started the second grade?

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

4. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

5. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

(see the answer key)

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