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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

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 was Dorothy Vaughan's summer job before she began working at Langley?
(a) She did laundry at Camp Pickett.
(b) She was a waitress.
(c) She worked at the USO.
(d) She was a bookkeeper for a hotel.

3. What effect did V-J day have on the workforce in the area surrounding Langley?
(a) Employers began paying their employees more.
(b) There was a need to hire additional workers.
(c) Many workers were laid off.
(d) Employers began paying their employees less.

4. 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) Telling people there were black women working at Langley.
(c) Letting anyone know where they worked.
(d) Talking about their work.

5. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?
(a) The NACA Loyalty oath.
(b) The U.S. Civil Service oath.
(c) The Mathematician's oath.
(d) The Segregated Workplace oath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family attended a concert with Dorothy Vaughan's family?

2. What position was Dorothy Vaughan promoted to under Margery Hannah?

3. How were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?

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

5. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?

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