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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Mary Jackson.
(b) Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Katherine Goble Johnson.

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

3. Where did NASA move the space program to in anticipation of the large number of people needed to accomplish the manned orbital flight?
(a) California.
(b) Kennedy Space Center.
(c) Houston.
(d) Langley.

4. What was Howard Vaughan's job?
(a) He worked in a shipyard.
(b) He was a custodian at the high school.
(c) He was a teacher.
(d) He was an itinerant bellman.

5. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?
(a) She worked in an antiques store at a hotel.
(b) She worked as maid in a hotel.
(c) She worked in a library.
(d) She worked in a laundromat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first machine used at Langley to perform computations?

2. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?

3. What was special about Mary Jackson's son winning the soap box derby?

4. What did the students in Christine Mann Darden's high school worry about when they heard the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

5. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

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