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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(b) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.
(c) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.
(d) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.

3. What position was Dorothy Lee subbing in when she impressed the branch chief with her math skills and earned her permanent position in his branch?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Computer.
(d) Secretary.

4. What Supreme Court announcement did Katherine Goble Johnson discuss with her male coworkers?
(a) Brown v. Board of Education.
(b) Roe v. Wade.
(c) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(d) The Rosenberg Trial.

5. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?
(a) Christine Darden's family.
(b) Margery Hannah's family.
(c) Miriam Mann's family.
(d) Mary Jackson's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?

2. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?

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

4. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?

5. Where did NASA move the space program to in anticipation of the large number of people needed to accomplish the manned orbital flight?

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