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

2. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?
(a) They were not allowing black students to attend classes there.
(b) They were not offering black students the same opportunities as white students.
(c) They would not hire black teachers.
(d) They were paying black teachers less than white teachers.

3. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?
(a) $50 per month.
(b) $5 per week.
(c) Nothing.
(d) $10 per week.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

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

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

4. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?

5. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?

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