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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Depression.
(c) Her first pregnancy.
(d) Her father's death.

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

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

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

5. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Newport News.
(b) Farmville.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Hampton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

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

3. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

4. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?

5. In 1970, what percentage of engineers in America were black?

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