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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. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) School teacher.
(b) Mathematician.
(c) Maid.
(d) Nurse.

2. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Hampton.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Farmville.
(d) Newport News.

3. What was Asa Phillip Randolph's position when he threatened to lead a march on Washington if war jobs were not opened to blacks?
(a) Head of NAACP.
(b) Head of the largest black labor union.
(c) Senator.
(d) Congressman.

4. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Miriam Mann.
(b) Dorothy Vaughan.
(c) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(d) Mary Jackson.

5. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.
(b) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(c) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.
(d) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

2. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?

3. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?

4. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?

(see the answer key)

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