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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 did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?
(a) Approval from the white employees.
(b) A separate place for them to work.
(c) A cafeteria for black employees only.
(d) Added security.

2. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?
(a) Miriam and Dorothy could talk openly about their work.
(b) Blacks and whites vacationed together there without segregation laws.
(c) There were no "colored" signs.
(d) It was the only place they were able to socialize with one another.

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

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

5. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?
(a) Talking about their work.
(b) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(c) Letting anyone know where they worked.
(d) Socializing with people of different races.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

2. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?

3. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?

4. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?

5. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?

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