Hidden Figures Quiz (Chapters 13-20)

TRUE or FALSE?

Katherine discovered that the air that a plane passes through could be disturbed and unsafe for other planes to pass through for up to 30 minutes.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

Why did Katherine use the restrooms designated for the white employees?

• she didn't care

• they were unmarked

• they were more convenient

• they were cleaner

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

What happened to Kathern's husband five days before Christmas?

• He died from cancer

• He was drafted

• He died in a car accident

• He divorced her

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

How did Katherine respond to her husband's death?

• She was overwhelmed with grief and sadness so she stopped working for NASA.

• She was filled with anger and resentment.

• She was determined to find new love.

• She was determined to pull herself together for her family.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What was the problem with the non-human computers that Langley started to use?

*Check ALL that apply

• They were slower

• They were more efficient

• They were large and noisy

• They were complicated

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

What did Dorothy foresee about the future of the non-computers?

• That they would break down

• They would bankrupt the department

• They would one day replace the human computers.

• They would be a fad

What were the U.S. and the Soviets competing to do?

• to be the first to make it to space

• to create the most fuel efficient plane

• to be the first to create nuclear weapons

• to be the first to create a supersonic spaceship

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What was the result of Brown vs. Board of Education?

• Schools were made handicap accessible

• They started using the same curriculum in all schools

• They remodeled schools in African American neighborhoods

• Schools were desegregated

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

How did the non-management workers at Langley view the possibility of traveling into space before it was adopted as a project at Langley?

• They didn't care

• They were skeptical

• They were enthusiastic about it

• They were unsupportive of it

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

How did the management at Langley view the possibility of traveling into space before it was adopted as a project?

*Check ALL that apply

• They thought it was a great idea

• They thought it was a waste of money

• They forbid any workers at Langley to work on it

• They didn't care about it

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2