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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?
(a) $50 per month.
(b) $10 per week.
(c) $5 per week.
(d) Nothing.

2. 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 to the wing structure of airplanes.
(d) Changes in air traffic regulations to avoid wake turbulence accidents.

3. What made white computers laugh at Mary Jackson?
(a) She was not allowed to sit with them in the cafeteria.
(b) She asked them where the bathroom was.
(c) She made a calculation error.
(d) She did not know how to use a calculator.

4. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Signed a lease on a house.
(b) Became a member of the church she had been attending.
(c) Divorced her husband.
(d) Signed a contract with Langley.

5. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?
(a) Red One.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Sputnik.
(d) Mercury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kaz's response when Mary told him about being laughed at by the white computers?

2. How long were schools in Prince Edward closed due to defunding to avoid segregation?

3. Why was it difficult for Mary Jackson to attend engineering classes at Hampton High School?

4. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

5. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?

(see the answer key)

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