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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
(a) Harry Byrd.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Thomas Byrdsong.
(d) Melvin Butler.

2. What was the name of Langley Research Center's newsletter?
(a) The Flyer.
(b) Air Scoop.
(c) NACA Notes.
(d) Research Reporter.

3. What did the "X" in the designation of an airplane signify?
(a) That it was experimental.
(b) That it was a cargo plane.
(c) That it was a bomber.
(d) That it was a fighter plane.

4. How did Margery Hannah treat the black computers?
(a) As inferiors.
(b) She went out of her way to be extra nice to them.
(c) As equals.
(d) She ignored them.

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

6. What was Shetterly's father's job at Langley?
(a) He was an engineer.
(b) He was a custodian.
(c) He was a climate scientist.
(d) He was a mathematician.

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

8. Who hid the "colored computers" sign from the cafeteria?
(a) Katherine Goble Johnson.
(b) Mary Jackson.
(c) Dorothy Vaughan.
(d) Miriam Mann.

9. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?
(a) Moon Landing II.
(b) NASA Town.
(c) Spacetown, USA.
(d) Astronaut Academy, USA.

10. What did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?
(a) The Double V.
(b) The Double War.
(c) The Black Man's Battle.
(d) The Constant Battle.

11. Where did Mary Jackson attend college?
(a) Hampton Institute.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Spelman College.
(d) Virginia State University.

12. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?
(a) 22.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

13. Who was the professor that mentored Katherine Goble Johnson while she was in college?
(a) John Henrik Clarke.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) William Claytor.
(d) Asa Phillips Randolph.

14. What was the name of the pilot who broke the sound barrier?
(a) Thomas Byrdsong.
(b) John Glenn.
(c) Harry Byrd.
(d) Chuck Yeager.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?

2. 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?

3. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?

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

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

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