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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 oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?
(a) The Segregated Workplace oath.
(b) The Mathematician's oath.
(c) The NACA Loyalty oath.
(d) The U.S. Civil Service oath.

2. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?
(a) Men only.
(b) The white students at the nearby college.
(c) White men only.
(d) The upper class women who worked at the college.

3. What were the segregation laws called?
(a) Racial Separation laws.
(b) Colored Workers laws.
(c) Uncle Tom laws.
(d) Jim Crow laws.

4. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?
(a) Virginia Tucker.
(b) Mary Jackson.
(c) Blanche Sponsler.
(d) Dorothy Vaughan.

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?
(a) She walked.
(b) She drove her car.
(c) She took a Greyhound bus.
(d) Her husband drove her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

2. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?

3. What was Howard Vaughan's job?

4. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?

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

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