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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?
(a) Melvin Butler.
(b) R.T. Jones.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) Thomas Byrdsong.

2. 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) Talking about their work.
(c) Letting anyone know where they worked.
(d) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.

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

4. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?
(a) They were not allowing black students to attend classes there.
(b) They were paying black teachers less than white teachers.
(c) They would not hire black teachers.
(d) They were not offering black students the same opportunities as white students.

5. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?
(a) Air Scoop.
(b) NACA Notes.
(c) The Flyer.
(d) Research Reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?

2. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?

3. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

4. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

5. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?

Short Essay Questions

1. What observation did black leaders make concerning the events occurring in Europe during World War II?

2. What did Mary Winston Jackson try to teach the girls in the Girl Scouts troop that she lead?

3. How did the Depression affect black teachers like Dorothy Vaughan?

4. Why were Howard and Dorothy Vaughan an uneven match for one another?

5. Why was Dorothy Vaughan taking a risk when she decided to sign a lease on a house in Newport News?

6. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?

7. Why did Dorothy Vaughan work in the laundry at Camp Pickett in the summers?

8. Why were employees of NACA warned not to speak of their work outside the office during World War II?

9. Why did Miriam Mann object to the "colored computers" sign in the cafeteria?

10. Why was it so difficult for Dorothy Vaughan to leave Farmville for her new job at Langley?

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