Hidden Figures Review Quiz

The author of Hidden Figures is from what city in Virginia?

• Chesapeake

• Richmond

• Hampton

• Manassas

The author's father worked for NASA

• True

• False

the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group

• Deter

• Segregation

• Emancipation

• Distinguish

What was the purpose of NACA?

• to research space

• to make America the greatest super power

• to employ African Americans

• to research and promote the study of flight

What is the difference between NACA and NASA?

• NACA changed to NASA when they got new management

• NACA and NASA were partners

• NACA studied only planes and NASA studied planes and space

• NACA and NASA are not different at all

Heralded means...

• to announce or make public

• to sleep

• to cry

• to sing

What were the mathematicians at Langley known as?

• smarties

• computers

• brains

• intells

What character was described as "a pioneer"?

• Neil Armstrong

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Margot Shetterly

• Christine Darden

Most African American women with degrees worked as ________ during the early 1900s.

• laundry workers

• house cleaners

• teachers

• farmhands

the act or practice of treating a person unfairly based on personal

bias

• discrimination

• desegregation

• elation

• beratement