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

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

3. What was the original name of NASA?
(a) NASP.
(b) NAPA.
(c) NAACP.
(d) NACA.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?

2. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

3. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?

4. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

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

(see the answer key)

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