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

2. 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) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(c) She stayed with people she met at church.
(d) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.

3. How did Dorothy Vaughan reinvent her career after the Analysis and Computation Division was created?
(a) She went back to teaching school.
(b) She became a computer programmer.
(c) She became an engineer.
(d) She became the head of the division.

4. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?
(a) Men only.
(b) The white students at the nearby college.
(c) White men only.
(d) The upper class women who worked at the college.

5. How did the engineers in Flight Research and PARD learn about space flight?
(a) They brought in lead scientists from around the world.
(b) They started a self-education lecture series.
(c) They used information the CIA had stolen from Russia.
(d) They attended courses at Hampton Institute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the secret bunker for politicians to be evacuated to in the event of a Russian attack?

2. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?

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

4. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?

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

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