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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?
(a) A cafeteria for black employees only.
(b) A separate place for them to work.
(c) Added security.
(d) Approval from the white employees.

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

5. In 1970, what percentage of engineers in America were black?
(a) 10%.
(b) 5%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 25%.

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

7. 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 Double War.
(d) The Black Man's Battle.

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

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

10. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Chuck Yeager.
(c) Thomas Byrdsong.
(d) John Glenn.

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

12. What was Howard Vaughan's job?
(a) He was an itinerant bellman.
(b) He worked in a shipyard.
(c) He was a custodian at the high school.
(d) He was a teacher.

13. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?
(a) John Henrik Clarke.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Asa Phillips Randolph.
(d) William Claytor.

14. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Shift supervisor.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Head computer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.

2. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?

3. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?

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

5. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?

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