Hidden Figures Test

In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?

• Reading

• Computers

• Mathematics

• Storytelling

In 1943, what war was the US involved in?

• World War I

• World War II

• The Korean War

• Vietnam

In 1943, what were computers?

• calculators

• counters

• people

• designers

Black people could not use the same restrooms as white people during this time in history--1940s-1950s.

• True

• False

Katherine often ate lunch with her white co-workers on her job as a computer.

• True

• False

After the war was over in 1945, what country was America competing with to build the fastest planes.

• China

• Japan

• Russia

• Germany

Where did Mary and her coworkers at Langley test model airplanes?

• In wind tunnels

• In aircraft hangers

• at the airport

• in a test field

What did Mary really want to become?

• a computer

• a teacher

• an engineer

• a pilot

In one of her first assignments, what did Katherine learn how to do?

• program a computer

• operate a plane

• analyze turbulence

• measure distance

Katherine Johnson worked on a team of people whose job is was

• test planes in the air

• measure distance to the moon

• measure air speed

• make planes safer