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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What nickname did Hampton, Virginia give itself in 1962?
2. What was the name of the senator from Virginia who vehemently opposed the Fair Employment Practices Committee?
3. How much did Dorothy Vaughan pay for her housing when she first started working at Langley?
4. Where did Dorothy Vaughan and her husband live after marrying?
5. How did Leonard Vaughan and the other black children ensure they would get the pond to themselves?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Joshua Coleman rent a house for his wife and children that was 125 miles away from their home?
2. Why was Margery Hannah considered a pariah by some of her white coworkers?
3. What did Mary Winston Jackson try to teach the girls in the Girl Scouts troop that she lead?
4. What did some supervisors at Langley do to encourage talented female computers to remain on the job?
5. Why did millions of American women lose their jobs after V-J Day?
6. How did Dorothy Vaughan become Head of West Computing?
7. How did designating women as "subprofessionals" help the laboratory?
8. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?
9. Why was it necessary for Melvin Butler to begin hiring black women as computers?
10. Why was Dorothy Vaughan taking a risk when she decided to sign a lease on a house in Newport News?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay comparing advances in aeronautics to advances in the civil rights movement. How do the two interconnect? Do the two advance at the same rate? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay discussing Shetterly’s motives for writing Hidden Figures. What does she mean when she says that past events can help shed light on the modern world? What insight does Hidden Figures provide about the modern world?
Essay Topic 3
Shetterly dedicates an entire chapter to Mary Jackson’s son entering a soap box derby. Write an essay explaining the purpose of this chapter. How does the chapter relate to the themes of the book? What information about the individuals focused on does Shetterly communicate through this chapter? What information does the chapter communicate about racial relations during the time period?
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