Hidden Figures Movie Quiz

In the opening scene, Katherine's parents are entering her into a collegiate school in what state?

• Mississippi

• West Virginia

• Oklahoma

At the beginning of the movie the ladies' car breaks down, how do they make it to work at NASA?

• They take a bus.

• They ride in a police car.

• They fix the car themselves and are escorted by a policeman.

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In the beginning of the movie, Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy work for NASA as

• Teachers

• Secretaries

• Computers

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What country beat the USA putting a satellite in space orbiting the Earth?

• China

• Germany

• England

• Russia

IBM stands for

• International Business Machines

• Institute for Beta Mathematics

• Inventory Business Men

• None of these

What type of mathematics does NASA need Katherine to perform?

• Calculus

• Analytic geometry

• Algebra

• Trigonometry

Mary is assigned to work with

• the engineers on the capsule.

• the mathematicians on the trajectory.

• the chemists on the rocket fuel.

• no one. She is let go.

Mr. Harrison asks Katherine to check the math of the men of the Space Task Group at NASA because

• heat shields keep flying off the NASA capsule.

• he wants to give her busy work.

• he is testing her.

• he want to get her fired.

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Dorothy is upset because

• she does all the work of a supervisor without the pay.

• she has to drive too far to work.

• she wants to be an engineer.

• she wanted the job Katherine got doing analytic geometry.

Which is true of the personal life of Katherine in the beginning of the movie?

• She is single with no children.

• She is a widow with three children.

• She is a single mom with five children.

• She is married with one child.

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