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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who coauthored Mary Jackson's first report?
(a) Kaz Czarnecki.
(b) R.T. Jones.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(d) Dorothy Vaughan.

2. Who was the first human in space?
(a) Alan Shepard.
(b) Yuri Gagarin.
(c) Neil Armstrong.
(d) John Glenn.

3. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Mary Jackson.
(b) Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Katherine Goble Johnson.

4. What was Christine Mann Darden's job when she was in high school?
(a) She worked as maid in a hotel.
(b) She worked in an antiques store at a hotel.
(c) She worked in a laundromat.
(d) She worked in a library.

5. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?
(a) By getting permission from the bus driver before entering.
(b) Through the back door of the bus.
(c) They had to wait for all white passengers to enter first.
(d) Through the front door of the bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

2. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?

3. What important research had the men in The Flight Research Division presented just weeks before Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?

4. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?

5. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

(see the answer key)

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