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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was a bomber.
(b) That it was a fighter plane.
(c) That it was experimental.
(d) That it was a cargo plane.

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

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

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) She stayed with people she met at church.
(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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. What was the name of Katherine Goble Johnson's first husband?
(a) Howard.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) William.
(d) James.

10. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At the Hampton Institute.
(b) At the USO.
(c) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.
(d) At Langley Research Center.

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

12. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?
(a) The Nuremberg trial.
(b) The Rosenberg trial.
(c) Roe v. Wade.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

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

14. What did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?
(a) Computer simulations.
(b) Wind tunnels.
(c) Unmanned aircrafts.
(d) Ground models.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?

4. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?

5. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?

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