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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. Who returned to work at NASA after completing her graduate work in mathematics?
(a) Dorothy Hoover.
(b) Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(d) Miriam Mann.

2. Why did Mary Jackson's calculations come up wrong when she was given an assignment by the chief of the Compressibility Division?
(a) The equation she was asked to use was incorrect.
(b) There was an error made in the research phase.
(c) He had given her the wrong numbers to use for the calculations.
(d) She had made a simple math error.

3. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?
(a) Miriam Mann.
(b) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Mary Jackson.

4. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(b) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(c) The woman was her former babysitter.
(d) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.

5. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"
(a) Her charm.
(b) Her ability to grasp ideas quickly.
(c) Being in the right place at the right time.
(d) Her ability to make friends with anyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of America's first manned space project?

2. Why did Langley employees hold meetings and social gatherings in their own Activities Building in the 1950s?

3. Where did Katherine Goble Johnson meet her second husband?

4. In the 1960s how many hours per day did Katherine Goble Johnson typically work?

5. Which group at Langley had already developed expertise in rockets when the space race began?

(see the answer key)

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