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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Farmville.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Newport News.

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

3. Why was it a challenge for black boys to enter into the All-American Soap Box Derby?
(a) Some area would not let black boys enter the contest.
(b) They had to have an engineer sponsor them.
(c) It was hard for black families to hear about the contest in the first place.
(d) They had to get special permission from their science teachers.

4. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?
(a) Because she did not want to take out the frustrations of her day on them.
(b) To stay thin.
(c) To make sure they had enough to eat before she ate.
(d) To prevent herself from talking about her classified work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did NACA become NASA?

2. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

3. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?

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

5. What did school boards in the community around Langley do to keep black students from attending white schools after schools were integrated?

(see the answer key)

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