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

2. Which of the following planes was used in the bombing of Japan?
(a) Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
(b) North American P-51 Mustang.
(c) Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
(d) Chance Vaught F4U Corsair.

3. What was Dorothy Vaughan's connection to Katherine Goble Johnson before working at Langley?
(a) Dorothy went to college with Katherine.
(b) Dorothy and Katherine went to the same church.
(c) Dorothy and her husband were friends with Katherine's grandparents.
(d) Dorothy was Katherine's teacher in high school.

4. What did Langley do in hopes of turning the computers into junior engineers?
(a) Sponsored a course in engineering physics.
(b) Required them to take classes at the local college.
(c) Paired them up with engineers who acted as mentors.
(d) Paid for computers to go back to college.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which Executive Order desegregated the military?

3. What neighborhood near Langley did Dorothy Vaughan eventually permanently settle in?

4. What did Dorothy Vaughan do in the summer of 1944 to make her situation more permanent?

5. What did the U.S. government do to prevent black leaders like Josephine Baker and W.E.B. Du Bois from having an impact on relations with newly independent countries?

(see the answer key)

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