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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?
(a) She had blue eyes.
(b) She was also of Chinese descent.
(c) She was very light-skinned.
(d) Her personality made people forget to think about her skin color.

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

3. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At Langley Research Center.
(b) At the USO.
(c) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.
(d) At the Hampton Institute.

4. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?
(a) Kaz Czarnecki.
(b) Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(d) R.T. Jones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?

2. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

3. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

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

5. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?

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