CHAPTERS 1-8
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- Q1What does NACA stand for?National Algebra Committee for AeronauticsNational Advisory Council for AerodynamicsNative Advisement Council for AeronauticalNational Advisory Committee or Aeronautics30s
- Q2Which war was occurring in 1943?Civil WarWorld War IiWar on TerorismWorld War I30s
- Q3Which president signed an executive order that ordered desegregation and created the Fair Employment Practice Committee?Herbert HooverFranklin RooseveltHarry TrumanDwight Eisenhower30s
- Q4Where did Dorothy Vaughan first experience segregation at Langley?Calculation RoomParking Lot ABoardingCafeteria30s
- Q5What made Dorothy Vaughan feel like an official Langley employee?Civil Service Oath$2,000 annual paycheckNACA identification badgeNACA uniform30s
- Q6Who was the group of African American military pilots who fought during World War II?P-51 MustangsWar BirdsTuskegee AirmenMustangs of Tuskegee30s
- Q7What is the study of objects moving through the air?PhysicsFundamental theory of aeronautialFundamental theory of aerodynamicsAlgebraic engineering30s
- Q8What is the term for something moving at the speed of sound?YeagerBell X-1Sonic 1Mach 130s
- Q9At what moment did Dorothy Vaughan realize that her family would never forget that moment and that they were "home"?When she was offered a permanent position at LangleyB-29 Flight LaunchWinning Brown vs Virginia court caseMarian Anderson concert30s
- Q10Why did Dorothy Vaughan stop teaching and start working as a laundry worker?She was firedShe earned more moneyShe became illShe started to dislike teaching30s
- Q11Where were model planes tested to make it less dangerous?Wind TunnelsAir FieldsDesertsAbandoned Farms30s
- Q12Why did some people call the men who worked at Langley, "brain busters", "NACA nuts", and "weirdos"?They worked all the timeThey were their hair in pony tailsThey were always laughingThey wore rumpled shirts with no ties, sandals or sported beards30s
- Q13Who helped do the math that would help send the first man into space?Miriam MannKatherine JohnsonMary JacksonDorothy Vaughan30s
- Q14Why did Langley want to keep Dorothy Vaughan as a computer?She earned excellent ratings, handed in error-free work and met dealinesShe knew how to speak five languagesShe was the oldest computerShe worked later than the others30s
- Q15Why did Shetterly think most scientists, mathematicians, and engineers were black?She saw them on TVShe knew so many, including her dad and that's all she sawShe read about itShe was told at school30s