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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. Whose work was sabotaged by a mechanic?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong's work.
(b) Katherine Goble Johnson's work.
(c) Kaz Czarnecki's work.
(d) Mary Jackson's work.

2. What did Katherine Goble Johnson consider her greatest contribution to the space program?
(a) Her work on the Mercury project trajectory.
(b) Her work in the Human Resources department.
(c) Her work as a computer in West Computing.
(d) Her work on the lunar rendezvous.

3. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?
(a) It was the only place they were able to socialize with one another.
(b) Blacks and whites vacationed together there without segregation laws.
(c) Miriam and Dorothy could talk openly about their work.
(d) There were no "colored" signs.

4. Why did test pilots trust the human computers more than the mechanical computers?
(a) They believed the human computers would do a better job because they cared about the lives of the pilots.
(b) They did not know how to use the mechanical computers, so they did not understand them.
(c) They believed the computer programmers would use the wrong formulas to produce accurate data.
(d) They knew that engineers and mathematicians sometimes found errors in the data produced by the machines.

5. What innovation was added to the wind tunnels to make them more closely simulate flight conditions?
(a) A sloped floor.
(b) Slotted walls.
(c) Sloped walls.
(d) A solid ceiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

2. Which of the following was a skill Dorothy Vaughan had to have to do her job as a supervisor well?

3. What rumor about the astronauts spread around the Hampton Institute campus?

4. What did John Glenn do before becoming an astronaut?

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

(see the answer key)

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