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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Hoover leave NACA?
(a) To get married.
(b) Because she could not advance to an engineering position at NACA.
(c) For a better job in another laboratory.
(d) To pursue a master's degree in mathematics.

2. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?
(a) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.
(b) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(c) She found an ad in the paper for "colored housing."
(d) She stayed with people she met at church.

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

4. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?
(a) Her husband drove her.
(b) She took a Greyhound bus.
(c) She walked.
(d) She drove her car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

2. How did Katherine Goble Johnson gain access to the editorial meetings?

3. What Supreme Court announcement did Katherine Goble Johnson discuss with her male coworkers?

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

5. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

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