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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original name of NASA?
(a) NACA.
(b) NAPA.
(c) NAACP.
(d) NASP.

2. What country were Americans concerned about their students being able to compete with?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) England.
(d) China.

3. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?
(a) The Flyer.
(b) NACA Notes.
(c) Research Reporter.
(d) Air Scoop.

4. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(b) Mary Jackson.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Miriam Mann.

5. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?
(a) Federal housing approval laws.
(b) Slum clearance laws.
(c) Segregation laws.
(d) Wartime temporary housing laws.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?

4. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

5. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

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