1. What did the students in Christine Mann Darden's high school worry about when they heard the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
(a) They worried they would not be able to compete with white students.
(b) They worried that they would be forced to move to where they could go to white schools.
(c) They worried that their school would be closed.
(d) They worried that their white classmates would be angry if the black students got better grades.

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

3. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At the USO.
(b) At the Hampton Institute.
(c) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.
(d) At Langley Research Center.

4. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?
(a) Dorothy Vaughan.
(b) Miriam Mann.
(c) Mary Jackson.
(d) Katherine Goble Johnson.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. Why was it difficult for Mary Jackson to attend engineering classes at Hampton High School?

3. Where was the secret bunker for politicians to be evacuated to in the event of a Russian attack?

4. What did Shetterly say was one of Katherine Goble Johnson's "great talents?"

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

(see the answer key)

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