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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 was Katherine Goble Johnson unable to go to the editorial meetings?
(a) Because they did not pertain to her work.
(b) Because she was black.
(c) Because she was not an engineer.
(d) Because she was female.

2. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?
(a) They would not hire black teachers.
(b) They were not allowing black students to attend classes there.
(c) They were not offering black students the same opportunities as white students.
(d) They were paying black teachers less than white teachers.

3. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Chuck Yeager.

4. Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?
(a) PARD.
(b) The Materials Research Division.
(c) The Flight Research Division.
(d) The Formal Methods Research Group.

5. What was the name of the white woman who went with Mary Jackson to speak to a group of black female students about science and engineering careers?
(a) Blanche Sponsler.
(b) Margery Hannah.
(c) Emily Jamison.
(d) Emma Jean Landrum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did James Williams have to do on his first day of work at Langley?

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

3. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

4. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?

5. Who was the first human in space?

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