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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. Who was Matilda West, the black employee who was fired for disloyalty, related to?
2. What song did Mary Jackson tell her Girl Scouts that they would never sing again after she thought about the stereotypes the song promoted?
3. What was the original name of NASA?
4. In what year did the first female computing pool begin working at Langley?
5. Who was West Computing's section head when Dorothy Vaughan first came to Langley?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Dorothy Vaughan taking a risk when she decided to sign a lease on a house in Newport News?
2. Why was Margery Hannah considered a pariah by some of her white coworkers?
3. What was the goal of NACA during World War II?
4. Why did William Claytor create special classes just for Katherine Goble Johnson?
5. Why was it so difficult for Dorothy Vaughan to leave Farmville for her new job at Langley?
6. How did the white professors and students treat Katherine Goble Johnson when she was one of three students chosen to integrate West Virginia University?
7. How did Dorothy Vaughan become Head of West Computing?
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 did Dorothy Vaughan work in the laundry at Camp Pickett in the summers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The black women that Shetterly focuses on in Hidden Figures had a great deal in common. Write an essay discussing what the women had in common and how those traits helped them to excel in their careers. What were their educational backgrounds? What were their personalities like? How did the ways in which they looked at the world help them to succeed?
Essay Topic 2
Shetterly writes about how the area surrounding Langley Research Center affected those working at Langley. Write an essay describing the area and the way it impacted lives of African Americans living and working in the area. What was the area like? What housing was available to African Americans? How did being located in a segregated area affect Langley Research Center?
Essay Topic 3
Shetterly indicates that Langley was something of a social experiment in terms of integration. Write an essay describing the gradual integration of black employees into the general workforce of Langley. How did the work of the black women computers help to integrate Langley? What part did the attitudes of progressive white employees play in the integration of Langley? What changes in the outside world impacted integration at Langley?
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