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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 innovation was added to the wind tunnels to make them more closely simulate flight conditions?
(a) Sloped walls.
(b) Slotted walls.
(c) A sloped floor.
(d) A solid ceiling.

2. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A brain tumor.
(d) Malaria.

3. Where was the secret bunker for politicians to be evacuated to in the event of a Russian attack?
(a) Under the Langley Research Center.
(b) Under the Greenbrier hotel.
(c) Under the Washington Monument.
(d) Under Hampton High School.

4. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Melvin Butler.
(d) Harry Byrd.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?

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

3. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

4. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?

5. What happened when Katherine Goble Johnson sat down at a desk in the Flight Research Division on her first day there?

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