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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?
(a) White men only.
(b) The upper class women who worked at the college.
(c) The white students at the nearby college.
(d) Men only.

2. 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) She found an ad in the paper for "colored housing."
(c) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(d) She stayed with people she met at church.

3. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?

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

3. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?

4. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?

5. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

(see the answer key)

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