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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?
(a) Put them in jail.
(b) Denounced them in the press.
(c) Revoked their passports.
(d) Charged them with heavy fines.

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

3. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?
(a) Miriam Mann.
(b) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Mary Jackson.

4. 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 former babysitter.
(c) The woman was her mother's best friend.
(d) The woman was her former Sunday School teacher.

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?
(a) She stayed with people she met at church.
(b) She found an ad in the paper for "colored housing."
(c) The personnel department at Langley kept a file of available housing separated by races.
(d) A friend gave her the name of a woman who owned a boarding house.

6. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Virginia.

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

8. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?
(a) The same amount.
(b) 50 percent more per hour.
(c) Twice as much.
(d) Ten cents more per hour.

9. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?
(a) Sponsored a course in engineering physics.
(b) Paid for computers to go back to college.
(c) Paired them up with engineers who acted as mentors.
(d) Required them to take classes at the local college.

10. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was an engineer.
(b) He was a custodian.
(c) He was a mathematician.
(d) He was a climate scientist.

11. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(b) Miriam Mann.
(c) Mary Jackson.
(d) Dorothy Vaughan.

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

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

14. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?
(a) Newsome Park.
(b) Copeland Park.
(c) Stuart Gardens.
(d) Aberdeen Gardens.

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

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

3. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?

4. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

5. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

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