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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Maid.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Nurse.

2. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?
(a) Miriam Mann's family.
(b) Christine Darden's family.
(c) Margery Hannah's family.
(d) Mary Jackson's family.

3. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?
(a) Employers began paying their employees more.
(b) There was a need to hire additional workers.
(c) Many workers were laid off.
(d) Employers began paying their employees less.

4. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?
(a) She found an ad in the paper for "colored housing."
(b) She stayed with people she met at church.
(c) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(d) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.

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

7. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 500+.
(b) 20.
(c) 200+.
(d) 100.

8. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) The launch of Sputnik.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The space race.

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

10. 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 former babysitter.
(b) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(c) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.
(d) The woman was her mother's best friend.

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

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

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

14. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?
(a) Ten cents more per hour.
(b) 50 percent more per hour.
(c) Twice as much.
(d) The same amount.

15. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.
(b) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(c) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.
(d) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?

2. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?

3. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?

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

5. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

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