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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. How many students were killed in the bus crash at Moton High School?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

2. Who spoke about having a dream at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
(a) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(b) W.E.B. Du Bois.
(c) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(d) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As inferiors.
(b) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(c) As equals.
(d) She ignored them.

4. Who was the actress that played Lieutenant Uhura?
(a) Dorothy Dandridge.
(b) Diahann Carol.
(c) Nichelle Nichols.
(d) Eartha Kitt.

5. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) The space race.
(b) The launch of Sputnik.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?

2. What was the original name of NASA?

3. What did members in the black community who supported the space program dislike about the program?

4. What was the name of the white woman who went with Mary Jackson to speak to a group of black female students about science and engineering careers?

5. What did James Williams have to do on his first day of work at Langley?

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