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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 was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?
(a) Margery Hannah.
(b) Blanche Sponsler.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Virginia Tucker.

2. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?
(a) The Negro Air Patrol.
(b) The Black Panthers.
(c) The African American Airmen.
(d) The Tuskegee Airmen.

3. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?
(a) To recommend that he hire Mary Jackson.
(b) To request a raise.
(c) To clarify Katherine Goble Johnson's position as a member of West Computing or as a permanent member of Flight Research.
(d) To discuss the way Katherine Goble Johnson had been treated by the male engineers.

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

5. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?
(a) The ability to match temperaments with groups.
(b) The ability to coddle the women under her.
(c) The ability to circumvent the management system.
(d) The ability to shrug off discriminatory remarks made by the East Computers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Christine Mann Darden when she started the second grade?

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

3. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

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

5. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?

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