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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?
(a) The Nuremberg trial.
(b) Roe v. Wade.
(c) The Rosenberg trial.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

2. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?
(a) Her sister got pregnant, so Katherine took over for her.
(b) She had lost her job at Langley.
(c) Her children's teacher quit and she applied for the job.
(d) Her husband became ill and the school offered her his contract.

3. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Wait for the white children to leave.
(b) Get their first.
(c) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(d) Intimidate the white children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?

2. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?

3. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

4. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?

5. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?

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