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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. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

2. What did Executive Order 10925, signed by President Kennedy, call for?
(a) Desegregation of schools.
(b) Abolition of the Jim Crow laws.
(c) Desegregation of the military.
(d) Affirmative action.

3. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At the Hampton Institute.
(b) At Langley Research Center.
(c) At the USO.
(d) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.

4. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(b) Wait for the white children to leave.
(c) Get their first.
(d) Intimidate the white children.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mary Jackson's son who entered into the soap box derby race?

2. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

3. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

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

5. What position did Mary Jackson hold in the Human Resources Division?

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