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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1935.

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) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.
(c) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.
(d) She stayed with people she met at church.

3. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?
(a) Margery Hannah.
(b) Virginia Tucker.
(c) Miriam Mann.
(d) Blanche Sponsler.

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

5. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?
(a) The Constant Battle.
(b) The Double War.
(c) The Double V.
(d) The Black Man's Battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?

2. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

3. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.

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

5. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

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