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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. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?
(a) She had blue eyes.
(b) She was very light-skinned.
(c) Her personality made people forget to think about her skin color.
(d) She was also of Chinese descent.

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

3. What did Langley's Analysis and Computation Division do?
(a) Integrated black and white female computers into one group.
(b) Separated the black women computers from their engineering groups.
(c) Introduced male computers to Langley.
(d) Caused the human computers at Langley to lose their jobs.

4. What was the first machine used at Langley to perform computations?
(a) An IBM computer.
(b) An abacus.
(c) A Bell calculator.
(d) An Apple computer.

5. 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?
(a) Margery Hannah.
(b) Emily Jamison.
(c) Emma Jean Landrum.
(d) Blanche Sponsler.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the first American in space?

3. In what year did NACA become NASA?

4. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?

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

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