Hidden Figures

What school did Mary Jackson fight to attend?

• University of Virginia
• Howard University
• Hampton High School
• Virginia Technical School

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What did they call the female mathematicians?

• Lab Ladies
• Computers
• Mathematicians
• Calculators

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Which one of the main characters obtained an engineering degree?

• Mary
• Katherine
• Vivian
• Dorothy

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Dorothy Vaughan met with Katherine's manager. How did the meeting end.

• Katherine was fired.

• Katherine was given an offer to join the Research Flight Division full time but was not given a raise.

• Katherine was given an offer to join the Research Flight Division full time and was given a raise.

• Katherine was promoted to supervisor over Dorothy.

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Why was Mary Jackson shocked when she walked in Hampton High School?

• It had five computers and a huge cafeteria.

• It was a dilapidated, musty old building.

• The library was full of more books than she could count.

• The teachers were among the smartest and most knowledgeable in the field.

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What was the outcome of Brown v. Board of Education?

• The court ruled it was legal to separate black and white students in public schools.

• The court ruled it was illegal to separate black and white students in public schools.

• The court ruled that slavery was illegal.

• The court ruled that slavery was legal.

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What assignment did Katherine receive that felt like "good fortune?"

• Flight Research Division

• West Computing

• Newsome Park

• laundry service

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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

What event motivated African Americans to begin the bus boycott in Montgomery,Alabama?

• White assailants dragged an African American soldier returning home from the waroff a bus and beat him.
• Police jailed Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin for refusing to give up their seats in awhite section of a public bus.
• Emmitt Till was lynched by an angry mob after refusing to leave a whites only bus.

What organization took the place of NACA in 1958 to oversee American space exploration?

• NAFTA
• NASA
• NCAA