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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?
(a) Revoked their passports.
(b) Denounced them in the press.
(c) Charged them with heavy fines.
(d) Put them in jail.

2. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?
(a) Ellah Fitzgerald.
(b) Marian Anderson.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Billie Holiday.

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

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

5. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?
(a) To stay thin.
(b) To prevent herself from talking about her classified work.
(c) To make sure they had enough to eat before she ate.
(d) Because she did not want to take out the frustrations of her day on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?

2. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?

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

4. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?

5. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?

(see the answer key)

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