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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?
(a) The Tuskegee Airmen.
(b) The African American Airmen.
(c) The Negro Air Patrol.
(d) The Black Panthers.

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

4. What did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?
(a) Wind tunnels.
(b) Computer simulations.
(c) Ground models.
(d) Unmanned aircrafts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was Dorothy Vaughan offered in pay to work at Langley in comparison to her teaching job?

2. What did black newspapers call the black soldiers who fought overseas during World War II?

3. How old was Katherine Goble Johnson when she entered college?

4. What was special for the Vaughans and Manns about vacationing at Log Cabin Beach?

5. What was Asa Phillip Randolph's position when he threatened to lead a march on Washington if war jobs were not opened to blacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Jim Crow laws make public transportation difficult for both blacks and whites in Newport News?

2. Why did Howard Vaughan refuse to move from Farmville to live with his family in Newport News?

3. How did designating women as "subprofessionals" help the laboratory?

4. What does Shetterly want for the women she writes about in Hidden Figures?

5. How did the Depression affect black teachers like Dorothy Vaughan?

6. Why did William Claytor create special classes just for Katherine Goble Johnson?

7. Why was Dorothy Vaughan taking a risk when she decided to sign a lease on a house in Newport News?

8. Why were Howard and Dorothy Vaughan an uneven match for one another?

9. Why did Miriam Mann object to the "colored computers" sign in the cafeteria?

10. Why was it so difficult for Dorothy Vaughan to leave Farmville for her new job at Langley?

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