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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Get their first.
(b) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(c) Wait for the white children to leave.
(d) Intimidate the white children.

2. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 20.
(b) 500+.
(c) 200+.
(d) 100.

3. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?
(a) Three.
(b) Zero.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What was Howard Vaughan's job?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He was an itinerant bellman.
(c) He worked in a shipyard.
(d) He was a custodian at the high school.

5. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?
(a) Stuart Gardens.
(b) Newsome Park.
(c) Copeland Park.
(d) Aberdeen Gardens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?

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

3. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

4. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?

5. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?

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