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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. Which of the following projects did Dorothy Vaughan work calculations for?
(a) Project Scout.
(b) Project Alpha.
(c) Project Mercury.
(d) The Sound Barrier Project.

2. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?
(a) Her first pregnancy.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Depression.
(d) Her father's death.

3. Where did Christine Mann Darden attend college?
(a) Virginia State University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Hampton Institute.
(d) Harvard University.

4. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Intimidate the white children.
(b) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(c) Get their first.
(d) Wait for the white children to leave.

5. Who did a secret military document suggest that a failure in John Glenn's flight be blamed on?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Fidel Castro.
(c) Russia.
(d) President Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the spacecraft that took the first men to the moon?

2. What did Executive Order 10925, signed by President Kennedy, call for?

3. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

4. How far off from its targeted landing spot was the landing of the Mercury capsule?

5. 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?

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