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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Spelman College.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Hampton Institute.
(d) Virginia State University.

2. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Divorced her husband.
(b) Signed a lease on a house.
(c) Signed a contract with Langley.
(d) Became a member of the church she had been attending.

3. 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?
(a) The Double War.
(b) The Black Man's Battle.
(c) The Constant Battle.
(d) The Double V.

4. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?
(a) East Area.
(b) West Area.
(c) South Area.
(d) North Area.

5. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?
(a) Head computer.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Shift supervisor.

6. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?
(a) Socializing with people of different races.
(b) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(c) Talking about their work.
(d) Letting anyone know where they worked.

7. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) James.
(c) Howard.
(d) William.

8. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

9. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was experimental.
(b) That it was a cargo plane.
(c) That it was a bomber.
(d) That it was a fighter plane.

10. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?
(a) Her husband drove her.
(b) She drove her car.
(c) She walked.
(d) She took a Greyhound bus.

11. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) She ignored them.
(b) As equals.
(c) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(d) As inferiors.

12. What was the original name of NASA?
(a) NASP.
(b) NACA.
(c) NAACP.
(d) NAPA.

13. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was a climate scientist.
(b) He was a mathematician.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) He was a custodian.

14. 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) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(d) Get their first.

15. What position did the hotel Katherine worked at while in high school move her to to take advantage of her charisma?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Store clerk.
(c) Bellhop.
(d) Maid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?

3. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

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

5. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?

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