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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?
(a) Miriam and Dorothy could talk openly about their work.
(b) It was the only place they were able to socialize with one another.
(c) There were no "colored" signs.
(d) Blacks and whites vacationed together there without segregation laws.

2. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?
(a) The Black Man's Battle.
(b) The Constant Battle.
(c) The Double War.
(d) The Double V.

3. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) West Virginia.

4. What did Katherine's analysis of an accident involving a small plane lead to?
(a) A change in the design of small airplanes.
(b) Changes in air traffic regulations to avoid wake turbulence accidents.
(c) Changes to the wing structure of airplanes.
(d) A change in pilot procedures for landing an airplane.

5. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) Maid.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Katherine Goble Johnson's husband die from?

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

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

4. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

5. What instruction did Katherine Goble Johnson give her daughters' principal after her husband died?

(see the answer key)

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