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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the segregation laws called?
(a) Racial Separation laws.
(b) Uncle Tom laws.
(c) Jim Crow laws.
(d) Colored Workers laws.

2. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?
(a) $5 per week.
(b) Nothing.
(c) $10 per week.
(d) $50 per month.

3. What event made Dorothy Vaughan decide that going to graduate school would be economically irresponsible?
(a) Her first pregnancy.
(b) World War II.
(c) Her father's death.
(d) The Depression.

4. What part of Langley did the black computers work in?
(a) North Area.
(b) East Area.
(c) West Area.
(d) South Area.

5. At the time when black women began working at Langley, what was considered the highest level of employment a black woman could achieve?
(a) Nurse.
(b) School teacher.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What oath did Dorothy Vaughan have to take upon beginning her job at Langley?

2. At what age did Dorothy Vaughan graduate from high school?

3. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

4. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?

5. How many freedoms did President Roosevelt say that all men were entitled to in his 1941 State of the Union address?

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