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

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

3. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?
(a) Through the back door of the bus.
(b) Through the front door of the bus.
(c) They had to wait for all white passengers to enter first.
(d) By getting permission from the bus driver before entering.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

4. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

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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