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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Virginia State University.
(b) Spelman College.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Hampton Institute.

2. What made white computers laugh at Mary Jackson?
(a) She was not allowed to sit with them in the cafeteria.
(b) She asked them where the bathroom was.
(c) She made a calculation error.
(d) She did not know how to use a calculator.

3. Why did Mary Jackson return home after her first year as a teacher?
(a) To care for her ill father.
(b) To pursue a graduate degree.
(c) She had been fired for expecting too much from her students.
(d) Because she did not like teaching.

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

5. Where did Jimmy Goble work when he and Katherine moved to Newsome Park?
(a) Langley Research Center.
(b) At a high school.
(c) The shipyard.
(d) At a restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What innovation was added to the wind tunnels to make them more closely simulate flight conditions?

2. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?

3. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?

4. In what Langley building did much of the research surrounding spaceflight take place?

5. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?

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