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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Spelman College.
(b) Virginia State University.
(c) Hampton Institute.
(d) Howard University.

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

3. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was a mathematician.
(b) He was a custodian.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) He was a climate scientist.

4. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"
(a) Her ability to make friends with anyone.
(b) Her charm.
(c) Being in the right place at the right time.
(d) Her ability to grasp ideas quickly.

5. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) The Rosenberg trial.
(c) The Nuremberg trial.
(d) Roe v. Wade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?

2. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?

3. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

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

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

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