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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the secret bunker for politicians to be evacuated to in the event of a Russian attack?
(a) Under Hampton High School.
(b) Under the Greenbrier hotel.
(c) Under the Langley Research Center.
(d) Under the Washington Monument.

2. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?
(a) Ellah Fitzgerald.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Marian Anderson.
(d) Billie Holiday.

3. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?
(a) Mary Jackson.
(b) Blanche Sponsler.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Virginia Tucker.

4. Where was Central High School, the white school that was in the news because black students were trying to integrate it?
(a) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(b) Austin, Texas.
(c) Miami, Florida.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

5. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Farmville.
(d) Newport News.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

2. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?

3. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?

4. What Supreme Court announcement did Katherine Goble Johnson discuss with her male coworkers?

5. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?

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