Hidden Figures YRE QUIZ Chap. 8–13

Why did Dorothy Vaughan move to a larger and more expensive apartment in 1944?

• She moved so that she could have roommates to share the cost of housing.

• She moved because she decided to quit her job at Langley.

• She moved so that her children could live with her, instead of in Farmville.

• She moved because she was promoted to head engineer at Langley and could easily afford a larger apartment.

One effect that the end of World War II had on jobs in the U.S. was:

• Women were now considered equal to men, so most jobs in the U.S. continued to be held by women.

• Many people got a "pink slip", meaning that they lost their wartime jobs.

• The economy suffered and the country entered a depression, meaning there were fewer jobs available.

• The war caused widespread desegregation in the U.S.

Dorothy Vaughan became the first:

• mathematician hired at Langley

• black woman in space

• black woman to be awarded a graduate degree in the U.S.

• black woman to hold the position of section head (supervisor) at Langley

After World War II, what was the new motivator for NACA to continue to push hard to innovate?

• Tensions with the Soviet Union

• The need to defeat Nazi Germany

• The necessity to create more jobs for women

• The need to pass new legislation to desegregate schools in the U.S.

In the years after World War II, the key to career advancement for black women at Langley was to:

• band together and refuse to go to work to make a point

• specialize in a subfield of aeronautics

• become teachers to educate the future generations of black engineers

• attend protest marches

Katherine Gobles and the engineers she worked with at Langley eventually worked together on research about air disturbances, caused by jets, that led to:

• the decision to ground all jets to avoid future accidents

• changes to the chemical composition of rocket fuel

• changes in air traffic regulations

• the establishment of the West Computers