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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?
(a) William Claytor.
(b) John Henrik Clarke.
(c) Asa Phillips Randolph.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

2. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As equals.
(b) As inferiors.
(c) She ignored them.
(d) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.

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

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

5. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?
(a) Not to give her daughters any special treatment.
(b) To allow Dorothy Vaughan to pick the children up from school.
(c) To go easy on her grieving daughters.
(d) To avoid talking about her husband's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made white computers laugh at Mary Jackson?

3. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?

4. What position did the hotel Katherine worked at while in high school move her to to take advantage of her charisma?

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

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