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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Dorothy Vaughan go to speak with the division chief of The Flight Research Division?
(a) To discuss the way Katherine Goble Johnson had been treated by the male engineers.
(b) To clarify Katherine Goble Johnson's position as a member of West Computing or as a permanent member of Flight Research.
(c) To request a raise.
(d) To recommend that he hire Mary Jackson.

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

5. Who was the division chief of The Flight Research Division when Katherine Goble Johnson was sent to work there?
(a) Henry Pearson.
(b) James William.
(c) R. T. Jones.
(d) John Becker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

4. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

5. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?

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