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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Maid.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) School teacher.

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

8. What position did the hotel Katherine worked at while in high school move her to to take advantage of her charisma?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Bellhop.
(c) Maid.
(d) Store clerk.

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

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

11. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) Melvin Butler.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) R.T. Jones.

12. 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 Double War.
(b) The Constant Battle.
(c) The Double V.
(d) The Black Man's Battle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?

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

3. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?

4. Who was the singer that Dorothy Vaughan took her children to see at Ogden Hall?

5. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?

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