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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
2. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?
3. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?
4. How did Katherine Goble Johnson return to teaching in 1944?
5. Why did Dorothy Vaughan sometimes put dinner on the table for her children and then walk around the block before eating?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?
2. How did designating women as "subprofessionals" help the laboratory?
3. What does Shetterly want for the women she writes about in Hidden Figures?
4. How did Shetterly's childhood affect the way she thought of blacks working in science, math, and engineering?
5. How did the Jim Crow laws make public transportation difficult for both blacks and whites in Newport News?
6. What was the attitude of the male engineers when a human computer made an error?
7. What observation did black leaders make concerning the events occurring in Europe during World War II?
8. Why was it necessary for Melvin Butler to begin hiring black women as computers?
9. Why was Margery Hannah considered a pariah by some of her white coworkers?
10. Why did Howard Vaughan refuse to move from Farmville to live with his family in Newport News?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing and discussing the objections civil rights leaders had to the space program. What problems did they see with the space program? How did the space program relate to racial inequalities?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing Shetterly’s motives for writing Hidden Figures. What does she mean when she says that past events can help shed light on the modern world? What insight does Hidden Figures provide about the modern world?
Essay Topic 3
Shetterly dedicates an entire chapter to Mary Jackson’s son entering a soap box derby. Write an essay explaining the purpose of this chapter. How does the chapter relate to the themes of the book? What information about the individuals focused on does Shetterly communicate through this chapter? What information does the chapter communicate about racial relations during the time period?
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