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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
(a) Newport News.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Farmville.

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

4. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) Asa Phillip Randolph.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Thomas Byrdsong.
(d) Melvin Butler.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?
(a) Black Yanks.
(b) Tan Yanks.
(c) Black Battalions.
(d) Tan Soldiers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?
(a) She worked at the USO.
(b) She was a bookkeeper for a hotel.
(c) She did laundry at Camp Pickett.
(d) She was a waitress.

Short Answer 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?

2. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?

3. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

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

5. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?

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