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

2. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) West Virginia.

3. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?
(a) They would not hire black teachers.
(b) They were not offering black students the same opportunities as white students.
(c) They were not allowing black students to attend classes there.
(d) They were paying black teachers less than white teachers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?

3. What position did the hotel Katherine worked at while in high school move her to to take advantage of her charisma?

4. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?

5. How did Dorothy Vaughan find a place to stay when she arrived in Newport News?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was it so difficult for Dorothy Vaughan to leave Farmville for her new job at Langley?

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

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

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

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

9. Why were employees of NACA warned not to speak of their work outside the office during World War II?

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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