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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the first satellite the Russian's put into orbit?
(a) Red One.
(b) Sputnik.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

2. 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.

3. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?
(a) Employers began paying their employees less.
(b) Many workers were laid off.
(c) There was a need to hire additional workers.
(d) Employers began paying their employees more.

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

5. What happened when Katherine Goble Johnson sat down at a desk in the Flight Research Division on her first day there?
(a) The white man next to her got up and walked away.
(b) She was mistaken for Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) She was given work meant for one of the engineers.
(d) She was told to move.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Katherine Goble Johnson gain access to the editorial meetings?

2. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

3. What branch of the military did Katherine Goble Johnson's second husband serve in?

4. What was Katherine Goble Johnson's relationship with her white male coworkers like?

5. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?

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