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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 8802.
(b) Executive Order 9066.
(c) Executive Order 13160.
(d) Executive Order 11246.

2. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?
(a) Mary Jackson.
(b) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Dorothy Vaughan.

3. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(b) The woman was her former babysitter.
(c) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(d) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.

4. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?
(a) The Double War.
(b) The Double V.
(c) The Black Man's Battle.
(d) The Constant Battle.

5. Where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet her second husband?
(a) At a basketball game.
(b) At a school board meeting.
(c) At a church choir practice.
(d) At Langley.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

2. Why did Dorothy Hoover leave NACA?

3. What position did the hotel Katherine worked at while in high school move her to to take advantage of her charisma?

4. Where was Central High School, the white school that was in the news because black students were trying to integrate it?

5. Who was the division chief of The Flight Research Division when Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?

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