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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?
(a) Segregation laws.
(b) Federal housing approval laws.
(c) Wartime temporary housing laws.
(d) Slum clearance laws.

3. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Virginia State University.
(b) Spelman College.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Hampton Institute.

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

5. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) Maid.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) School teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?

2. Why was there sometimes confusion over Katherine Goble Johnson's race?

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

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

5. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?

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