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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?
(a) NASA Town.
(b) Astronaut Academy, USA.
(c) Spacetown, USA.
(d) Moon Landing II.

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

3. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(b) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(c) The woman was her former babysitter.
(d) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.

4. What did Katherine's analysis of an accident involving a small plane lead to?
(a) A change in the design of small airplanes.
(b) A change in pilot procedures for landing an airplane.
(c) Changes in air traffic regulations to avoid wake turbulence accidents.
(d) Changes to the wing structure of airplanes.

5. What was Kaz's response when Mary told him about being laughed at by the white computers?
(a) He reprimanded the white computers.
(b) He invited her to come and work for him.
(c) He told her that if she did not like being laughed at, she should work somewhere else.
(d) He laughed at her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Central High School, the white school that was in the news because black students were trying to integrate it?

2. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?

3. What part of the Mercury Project did Katherine Goble Johnson request to work on?

4. How did President Eisenhower want America's first spaceflight to be perceived?

5. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

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