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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?
(a) The Black Panthers.
(b) The Tuskegee Airmen.
(c) The African American Airmen.
(d) The Negro Air Patrol.

2. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?
(a) Employers began paying their employees more.
(b) Many workers were laid off.
(c) There was a need to hire additional workers.
(d) Employers began paying their employees less.

3. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?
(a) Miriam Mann's family.
(b) Margery Hannah's family.
(c) Christine Darden's family.
(d) Mary Jackson's family.

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

5. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?
(a) Chief Frank Knox.
(b) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.
(c) Captain Frank Knox.
(d) U.S. General Frank Knox.

6. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?
(a) Executive Order 8802.
(b) Executive Order 13160.
(c) Executive Order 9066.
(d) Executive Order 11246.

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

8. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?
(a) Pick a Bale of Cotton.
(b) Swing Low Sweet Chariot.
(c) No More My Lawd.
(d) Early in the Mornin'.

9. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?
(a) Marian Anderson.
(b) Lena Horne.
(c) Billie Holiday.
(d) Ellah Fitzgerald.

10. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?
(a) She was a waitress.
(b) She worked at the USO.
(c) She was a bookkeeper for a hotel.
(d) She did laundry at Camp Pickett.

11. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
(a) Intimidate the white children.
(b) Get their first.
(c) Put a fake "colored only" sign on the shore.
(d) Wait for the white children to leave.

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

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

14. What was Asa Phillip Randolph's position when he threatened to lead a march on Washington if war jobs were not opened to blacks?
(a) Head of NAACP.
(b) Congressman.
(c) Senator.
(d) Head of the largest black labor union.

15. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Divorced her husband.
(b) Signed a lease on a house.
(c) Became a member of the church she had been attending.
(d) Signed a contract with Langley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dorothy Vaughan get from her hometown to her new job at Langley?

2. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?

3. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?

4. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?

5. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?

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