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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. Who was the man that was promoted to head the Stability Analysis section despite the fact that he had not finished college?
(a) Melvin Butler.
(b) R.T. Jones.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) Thomas Byrdsong.

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

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

4. What were the employees at Langley warned against doing outside of the workplace during World War II?
(a) Letting anyone know where they worked.
(b) Talking about their work.
(c) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(d) Socializing with people of different races.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What state was Katherine Goble Johnson from?

2. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?

3. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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