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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. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Melvin Butler.

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

3. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?
(a) East Area.
(b) West Area.
(c) North Area.
(d) South Area.

4. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

5. What were the segregation laws called?
(a) Colored Workers laws.
(b) Jim Crow laws.
(c) Uncle Tom laws.
(d) Racial Separation laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

3. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?

4. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

5. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

(see the answer key)

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