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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 8802.
(b) Executive Order 11246.
(c) Executive Order 9066.
(d) Executive Order 13160.

2. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?
(a) North Area.
(b) West Area.
(c) East Area.
(d) South Area.

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

4. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was a climate scientist.
(b) He was a mathematician.
(c) He was an engineer.
(d) He was a custodian.

5. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Melvin Butler.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Thomas Byrdsong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?

2. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

3. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?

4. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?

5. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

(see the answer key)

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