"Latinas Making Their Mark" A3K Quiz

Based on the Article, which best replaces the question mark in the diagram above?

• A.

  Galvez led a $3.8 million project that involved constructing 164 bioswales.

• B.

  Galvez was always taking stuff apart to see how it worked.

• C.

  Galvez watched a documentary about Hurricane Sandy and its effect on her city.

• D.

  Galvez watched a documentary about Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 flooding of New Orleans.

According to the Article, which of the following best describes how Laura I. Gomez and Vanessa Galvez differ?

• A.

  Laura I. Gomez founded a software company that helped companies make fair hiring decisions, while Vanessa Galvez is a successful civil engineer.

• B.

  Laura I. Gomez took things apart as a child to see how they worked, while Vanessa Galvez was a founding member of Twitter's international team.

• C.

  Laura I. Gomez believes it's important for girls to hear how women of color got where they are in STEAM, while Vanessa Galvez believes that creativity is at the heart of STEAM.

• D.

  Laura I. Gomez studied aerospace engineering, while Vanessa Galvez studied the extreme gravity around massive black holes.

Which is the closest synonym for the word innovative?

• A.

  secretive

• B.

  clever

• C.

  compact

• D.

  expensive

The Article says all of the following except __________.

• A.

  the reason why Laura I. Gomez wanted to leave her summer job at Hewlett-Packard

• B.

  the way that bioswales can soak up and filter rainwater to help save lives and property

• C.

  the ways in which Latina women are changing the world of science and technology

• D.

  the reason why Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski thinks it's important to share her story with others

Which of these is most important to include in a summary of this Article?

• A.

  Latina women working in STEAM careers are driven by their own experiences of facing discrimination and other challenges in the workplace.

• B.

  Vanessa Galvez was always taking apart gadgets to see how they worked when she was a young child.

• C.

  Laura I. Gomez founded a software company dedicated to helping companies make fair hiring decisions.

• D.

  Latina women working in STEAM careers are modeling how women from different backgrounds can solve major problems, create innovative products, and save lives.

Read this passage from the Article:

That day, Hurricane Sandy dumped a destructive amount of rain on New York City. After the storm, Galvez and the other engineers on the team got to work building better defenses against future stormwater flooding.

In this passage, the word destructive means __________.

• A.

  causing a great amount of damage

• B.

  causing something to be noticed

• C.

  done with the help of others

• D.

  done or caused by nature

Which of these is a statement of opinion?

• A.

  Laura I. Gomez emigrated from Mexico to the U.S. and was once one of the only Latinas working at Google and YouTube.

• B.

  Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski's childhood goals were clearly the reason she achieved success in her career as a Princeton University physicist.

• C.

  Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski learned to fly planes when she was 9 years old, rebuilt an airplane engine at 10, and assembled her own plane by age 12.

• D.

  Vanessa Galvez, a civil engineer whose parents immigrated from El Salvador, grew up in Queens, New York.

The author's purpose for writing this Article was probably to __________.

• A.

  discuss the important documentary that was made about Hurricane Katrina and the 2005 floods in New Orleans

• B.

  discuss the program at Twitter that Laura I. Gomez directed, which allowed people to tweet in Spanish and other languages

• C.

  encourage women of color to follow in the footsteps of Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski and pursue STEAM careers

• D.

  introduce the reader to Latina women of different backgrounds who are making their mark in STEAM careers