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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?
(a) Letting anyone know where they worked.
(b) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(c) Socializing with people of different races.
(d) Talking about their work.

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

3. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

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

5. Why did Mary Jackson return home after her first year as a teacher?
(a) She had been fired for expecting too much from her students.
(b) To care for her ill father.
(c) Because she did not like teaching.
(d) To pursue a graduate degree.

6. How did Shetterly know the woman that her father told her was a human computer, thus sparking her interest in the topic?
(a) The woman was her kindergarten teacher.
(b) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(c) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.
(d) The woman was her former babysitter.

7. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

8. 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 V.
(c) The Black Man's Battle.
(d) The Double War.

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

10. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?
(a) Tan Soldiers.
(b) Black Battalions.
(c) Black Yanks.
(d) Tan Yanks.

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

12. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?
(a) She had lost her job at Langley.
(b) Her husband became ill and the school offered her his contract.
(c) Her sister got pregnant, so Katherine took over for her.
(d) Her children's teacher quit and she applied for the job.

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

14. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) John Glenn.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(d) Melvin Butler.

15. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.
(b) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(c) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.
(d) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?

3. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?

4. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?

5. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?

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