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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 was the name of the personnel officer at Langley Research Center when Dorothy Vaughan began working there?
(a) Melvin Butler.
(b) Thomas Byrdsong.
(c) John Glenn.
(d) Asa Phillip Randolph.

2. What event caused the need for Langley to initially hire black women?
(a) The space race.
(b) World War I.
(c) The launch of Sputnik.
(d) World War II.

3. What did the personnel officer know would be necessary if he were to hire black women to work at Langley?
(a) A separate place for them to work.
(b) Approval from the white employees.
(c) Added security.
(d) A cafeteria for black employees only.

4. Who did Dorothy Vaughan think the notice she saw on a bulletin board looking for mathematicians was meant for?
(a) Men only.
(b) White men only.
(c) The white students at the nearby college.
(d) The upper class women who worked at the college.

5. What trial was Langley drawn into because of a suspected connection to one of the employees there?
(a) Roe v. Wade.
(b) The Rosenberg trial.
(c) The Nuremberg trial.
(d) Brown v. Board of Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Mary Jackson return home after her first year as a teacher?

2. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?

3. Why did the NAACP file a lawsuit against Booker T. Washington High School in Virginia?

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

5. What notable member of the U.S. Navy visited Langley shortly before Dorothy Vaughan arrived?

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