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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the segregation laws called?
(a) Racial Separation laws.
(b) Colored Workers laws.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) Uncle Tom laws.

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

3. 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) Senator.
(b) Head of NAACP.
(c) Congressman.
(d) Head of the largest black labor union.

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

5. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) World War II.
(b) The space race.
(c) World War I.
(d) The launch of Sputnik.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) Harry Byrd.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Melvin Butler.

9. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?
(a) Through the front door of the bus.
(b) By getting permission from the bus driver before entering.
(c) Through the back door of the bus.
(d) They had to wait for all white passengers to enter first.

10. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
(a) Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
(b) North American P-51 Mustang.
(c) Chance Vaught F4U Corsair.
(d) Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

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

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

13. What was the original name of NASA?
(a) NAACP.
(b) NASP.
(c) NACA.
(d) NAPA.

14. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 100.
(b) 200+.
(c) 20.
(d) 500+.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?

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

3. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

4. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

5. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?

(see the answer keys)

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