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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 did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?
(a) NACA nuts.
(b) NACA nerds.
(c) Airheads.
(d) Space cadets.

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

3. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?
(a) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.
(b) U.S. General Frank Knox.
(c) Chief Frank Knox.
(d) Captain Frank Knox.

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

5. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Zero.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the original name of NASA?

2. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?

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?

4. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

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

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