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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Mary Jackson work immediately after her first year of teaching.
(a) At Olde Hampton's Bethel AME Church.
(b) At the Hampton Institute.
(c) At Langley Research Center.
(d) At the USO.

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

4. How old was Christine Mann Darden when she started the second grade?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

5. How many women, both black and white, were working as computers when Dorothy Vaughan started at Langley?
(a) 20.
(b) 200+.
(c) 500+.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?

2. Who was branch chief that offered James Williams a place on his team?

3. What did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?

4. What laws were being used in an attempt to dismantle black communities after World War II ended?

5. What did James Williams have to do on his first day of work at Langley?

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