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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 did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?
(a) Became a member of the church she had been attending.
(b) Signed a contract with Langley.
(c) Signed a lease on a house.
(d) Divorced her husband.

2. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?
(a) Stuart Gardens.
(b) Newsome Park.
(c) Copeland Park.
(d) Aberdeen Gardens.

3. What did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?
(a) Unmanned aircrafts.
(b) Computer simulations.
(c) Ground models.
(d) Wind tunnels.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?

2. What was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?

3. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?

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

5. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dorothy Vaughan work in the laundry at Camp Pickett in the summers?

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

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

4. What was the attitude of the male engineers when a human computer made an error?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why did Howard Vaughan refuse to move from Farmville to live with his family in Newport News?

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