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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 nerds.
(b) NACA nuts.
(c) Space cadets.
(d) Airheads.

2. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?
(a) Because she did not want to take out the frustrations of her day on them.
(b) To make sure they had enough to eat before she ate.
(c) To prevent herself from talking about her classified work.
(d) To stay thin.

3. 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 Double War.
(b) The Constant Battle.
(c) The Black Man's Battle.
(d) The Double V.

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

5. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) The space race.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) The launch of Sputnik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

3. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?

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

5. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?

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