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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides fearing an attack, what bothered Americans about Russia launching Sputnik?
(a) Americans believed Russia was using the satellite to monitor their communications.
(b) Americans were humiliated that Russia had beat them to space.
(c) Americans were only weeks away from launching a manned spacecraft.
(d) Americans believed Russia had stolen plans for its satellite from America.

2. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
(a) North American P-51 Mustang.
(b) Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
(c) Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
(d) Chance Vaught F4U Corsair.

3. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?
(a) Newsome Park.
(b) Aberdeen Gardens.
(c) Copeland Park.
(d) Stuart Gardens.

4. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?
(a) William Claytor.
(b) Asa Phillips Randolph.
(c) John Henrik Clarke.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

5. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?
(a) Kaz.
(b) Jaybird.
(c) John Becker.
(d) R.T. Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did NASA move the space program to in anticipation of the large number of people needed to accomplish the manned orbital flight?

2. Why did Mary Jackson return home after her first year as a teacher?

3. What did Katherine's analysis of an accident involving a small plane lead to?

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

5. What innovation was added to the wind tunnels to make them more closely simulate flight conditions?

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