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

2. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?
(a) 50 percent more per hour.
(b) Twice as much.
(c) The same amount.
(d) Ten cents more per hour.

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

4. 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 went to college with Katherine.
(c) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(d) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?
(a) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.
(b) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(c) She stayed with people she met at church.
(d) She found an ad in the paper for "colored housing."

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?

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

3. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?

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

5. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

(see the answer key)

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