Hidden Figures | Chapters 5-8

What was the racial composition of the employees at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory?

• The laboratory was segregated, with white and black employees working in separate areas.

• The laboratory was integrated, with a mix of black and white employees.

• The laboratory only employed white employees.

• The laboratory only employed black employees.

What was the role of the computers, like Dorothy Vaughan, at Langley?

• They were responsible for analyzing raw data from wind tunnel tests.

• They were in charge of the laboratory's entire computer operation.

• They were responsible for designing and building new aircraft.

• They were pilots who tested the aircraft developed at the laboratory.

What was the purpose of the wind tunnels at Langley?

• To allow researchers to observe how air flows around full-sized and scale-model planes.

• To train the computers in engineering physics and the theory of aerodynamics.

• To test the performance of the Tuskegee airmen's P-51 Mustang planes.

• To develop and refine the B-29 Superfortress bomber.

What did Miriam Mann do in response to the segregated "Colored Computers" sign in the Langley cafeteria?

• She advocated for the integration of the cafeteria.

• She complained to the laboratory's executives about the sign.

• She hid the sign every time it was replaced.

• She organized a protest against the sign.

What was the key to the NACA's success in developing new aircraft?

• The use of wind tunnels to simulate real-world flight conditions.

• The training of computers like Dorothy Vaughan in engineering physics.

• The rapid expansion of the aircraft industry during the war.

• The bravery and skill of the Tuskegee airmen.

What decision did Dorothy Vaughan make in July 1944 regarding her living situation?

• She decided to rent a new two-bedroom apartment in Newport News and move her four children there.

• She decided to remain a temporary resident in Newport News.

• She decided to move back to Farmville with her children.

• She decided to have her husband Howard Vaughan join her in Newport News.

How did people in America react to the end of World War II on August 15, 1945?

• They held night-long celebrations in the streets, bars, and USO clubs.

• They went to churches to give thanks and pray that the war would be the last.

• They immediately went back to work in the peacetime economy.

• Both A and B

What was the "reconversion" process that occurred after the war ended?

• It was the reversal of the wartime changes that had transformed American life.

• It was the process of returning servicemen resuming jobs held by women during the war.

• It was the process of tearing down housing developments built during the war.

• Both A and B

Where did Katherine Johnson grow up as a child?

• On her family's farm in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

• In a rented house near West Virginia State Institute.

• At the Greenbrier resort where her father worked.

• Both A and B

What was Katherine Johnson's academic background?

• She entered West Virginia State College at the age of 15 and had a strong aptitude for mathematics.

• She took a teaching job in Marion, Virginia after graduating with a mathematics degree.

• She enrolled in the graduate program at West Virginia University in 1940 but left due to pregnancy.

• All of the above