Hidden Figures Review

The organization of paragraphs 1 through 8 contributes to the author’s main idea by —

• highlighting special achievements

• explaining what computing is

• providing background information

• focusing on different employees

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This helped the engineers to test airplane parts as well as whole aircraft, examining them for any problems, like air disturbance and uneven wing geometry. What does disturbance mean?

• an interruption of flow

• an altering of order or position

• an upset natural balance

• a destruction of tranquility

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Which is the best prediction about what might be included in the “Victory through Air Power!” section?

• Examples of the advances of black female mathematicians

• Concluding remarks about the inclusion of black women in scientific fields

• Scientific explanation of how airplanes work

• Background on the production of airplanes during World War II

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After reading the WANTED: Female Mathematicians section of the text, the reader can predict that —

• the lab will continue to include women in its workforce

• after the war ends the need for computers will end and the women will be fired

• segregation of white and black employees will continue despite changes in society

• black female computers will completely replace white female computers within a few decades

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Which detail from the selection best supports the idea that President Roosevelt gave the NACA a unique and important mission to develop the best airplanes?

• African American women could be computers.

• Women were classified as “subprofessionals.”

• Women had been working at Langley since 1937.

• African American women were assigned to work in areas separate from others.

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Read paragraph 15. Which word best describes the working conditions at Langley Laboratories?

• Segregated

• Sexist

• Crowded

• Nondiscriminatory

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Which is the best description of the author’s organizational structure?

• She describes the job of a computer at Langley and then other jobs available at the facility.

• She discusses how women and African Americans could not work at Langley during different decades

• She presents a history of America’s efforts to build an air force and then how women helped in this.

• She jumps back and forth in time to explain events first and then provide historical background.

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The purpose of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) during World War II was to —

• train mathematicians

• provide jobs for women

• mass produce airplanes to be used in war

• help the airline industry develop good airplanes

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Female mathematicians had worked at Langley since

• it began its operations in 1917

• 1935, a few years before the start of World War II

• the beginning of World War II

• just after World War II

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Which idea is most important in the selection?

• The U.S. needed good aircraft in World War II.

• The first female mathematicians at Langley were white.

• President Franklin Roosevelt believed in air power.

• African American women were successful mathematicians at Langley.

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