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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As inferiors.
(b) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(c) As equals.
(d) She ignored them.

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

4. What did the local living around Langley Research Center call the people who worked at Langley because of their eccentric behavior?
(a) NACA nerds.
(b) NACA nuts.
(c) Airheads.
(d) Space cadets.

5. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?
(a) The upper class women who worked at the college.
(b) Men only.
(c) White men only.
(d) The white students at the nearby college.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

2. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?

3. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?

4. Who was the head computer when Langley began hiring black women?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did William Claytor create special classes just for Katherine Goble Johnson?

2. What observation did black leaders make concerning the events occurring in Europe during World War II?

3. Why was Dorothy Vaughan taking a risk when she decided to sign a lease on a house in Newport News?

4. How did the Jim Crow laws make public transportation difficult for both blacks and whites in Newport News?

5. Why did millions of American women lose their jobs after V-J Day?

6. What does Shetterly want for the women she writes about in Hidden Figures?

7. Why were Howard and Dorothy Vaughan an uneven match for one another?

8. Why did Joshua Coleman rent a house for his wife and children that was 125 miles away from their home?

9. How did Shetterly's childhood affect the way she thought of blacks working in science, math, and engineering?

10. How did designating women as "subprofessionals" help the laboratory?

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