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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As inferiors.
(b) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(c) As equals.
(d) She ignored them.

2. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was a fighter plane.
(b) That it was a bomber.
(c) That it was experimental.
(d) That it was a cargo plane.

4. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At the Hampton Institute.
(b) At Langley Research Center.
(c) At the USO.
(d) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.

5. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 500+.
(b) 20.
(c) 100.
(d) 200+.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

2. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?

3. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?

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

5. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?

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