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

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

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

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

5. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 17.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?

2. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?

3. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?

4. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?

5. How many more children did Dorothy and Howard Vaughan have after Dorothy moved to Newport News?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Depression affect black teachers like Dorothy Vaughan?

2. How did Dorothy Vaughan become Head of West Computing?

3. Why was Margery Hannah considered a pariah by some of her white coworkers?

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

5. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?

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

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

8. Why was it necessary for Melvin Butler to begin hiring black women as computers?

9. What did Mary Winston Jackson try to teach the girls in the Girl Scouts troop that she lead?

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

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