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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?
(a) Malaria.
(b) A brain tumor.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Tuberculosis.

2. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?
(a) Added security.
(b) A cafeteria for black employees only.
(c) Approval from the white employees.
(d) A separate place for them to work.

3. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
(a) Chance Vaught F4U Corsair.
(b) Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
(c) North American P-51 Mustang.
(d) Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

4. What does NASA stand for?
(a) Newport Aeronautical and Science Administration.
(b) National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
(c) New Airplane Science Administration.
(d) National Aero Space Alliance.

5. Who were the Greensboro Four?
(a) Engineers who designed the Mercury capsule.
(b) Black leaders who helped integrate schools.
(c) Four women in West Computing who were all from Greensboro.
(d) Students who sat at a segregated lunch counter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

2. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?

3. Who did a secret military document suggest that a failure in John Glenn's flight be blamed on?

4. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?

5. In what year did NACA become NASA?

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