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

2. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?
(a) Captain Frank Knox.
(b) Chief Frank Knox.
(c) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.
(d) U.S. General Frank Knox.

3. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?
(a) Her husband drove her.
(b) She took a Greyhound bus.
(c) She drove her car.
(d) She walked.

4. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?
(a) Dorothy Vaughan.
(b) Blanche Sponsler.
(c) Mary Jackson.
(d) Virginia Tucker.

5. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?
(a) The Depression.
(b) Her first pregnancy.
(c) World War II.
(d) Her father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name of NASA?

2. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?

3. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?

4. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

5. What was Asa Phillip Randolph's position when he threatened to lead a march on Washington if war jobs were not opened to blacks?

(see the answer key)

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