Hidden Figures Ch. 13 Turbulence

Why did Dorothy have to meet with Henry Pearson about Katherine Goble's employment situation

• There was tension between her and her boss

• Katherine Goble was unhappy with her working conditions in her new assignment

• Because she was in her position too long without being promoted or retained

• Because she was not learning the material at a fast enough rate

Dorothy's influence also resulted in a promotion for a white colleague in the same division as Katherine

• True

• False

When Katherine had to investigate the crash of small Piper airplane...What did she discover that previously had not been know before

• The maximum speed of a twin engine plane

• The research resulted in all planes having a black box

• All of the above

• Discovered turbulence could be created up to a half hour after planes cross paths in mid air

Katherine would always see signs of discrimination when she ate lunch in the company cafeteria

• True

• False

The author of the book indicates that Katherine was a dark skinned African American female

• True

• False

The case of Brown v Board of Education was important because did what

• Ended Legalized segregation in public schools

• Resulted in the desegregation in the Defense Industry

• Ended Jim Crow in the South

• Gave African Americans the right to vote

When Katherine and her husband decided to move, they took out a loan from this company, at the time the largest black-owned business in the US for home loans

• Hampton Finance Corporation

• Franklin Home Loans

• North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company

• West Virginia Home and Life Insurance

In December of 1956, What loss did Katherine Goble suffer

• The loss of her Job at NACA

• The loss of her husband Jimmy

• The loss of her ability to do high level mathematics

• The loss of eyesight in one of her eyes