Hidden Figures Chapter 10-11

Who are we introduced to in this chapter?

• Debora Martin

• Blanche Sponsor

• Mary Jackson

• Woodrow Wilson

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What were the two majors that Mary graduated with?

• History and English

• Math and Physical Science

• Math and Life Science

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What song did Mary make the girls of Troop 11 stop listening to?

• "Pick a Bale of Cotton"

• "Take this Hammer"

• "Strange Fruit"

• "As Time Goes By"

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Why did Mary have secret security clearance as a clerk typist?

• The U.S. has anxiety over the threat of the Soviet Union.

• They didn't want an African American woman working there.

• Mary didn't fill out all the correct paperwork.

• It was part of the job.

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Why did Mary Jackson return home to Hampton, VA after working one year as a teacher in Maryland?

• To work at a community center run by the United Services Organization (USO).

• To help care for her father who became sick.

• Because she was homesick and missed her family.

• To work as a mathematician at Langley.

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How did Mary Jackson positively influence the girls in Girl Scout Troop 11?

• She taught them that their skin color, gender, and economic status should not limit their dreams.

• She taught them life skills like sewing, cooking, and budgeting.

• She tutored them in Mathematics and English after school.

• She helped them volunteer at a soup kitchen in their community.

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True or False: After WW2 many Americans feared communism, the political system in the Soviet Union.

• True

• False

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While leading a Girl Scout troop, Mary Jackson and the girls sang "Pick a Bale of Cotton." What upset Mary about the song and made her tell the girls to STOP singing?

• The song made slavery sound much worse than Mary thought it was before.

• The song reinforced all the worst stereotypes about what it meant to be black.

• The song lyrics included curse words.

• Mary did not like the writer of the song.

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When she was approached for help by the women of the East Side computers, who did Dorothy send to work for the department?

• Miriam Mann

• herself

• Mary Winston Jackson

• Dorothy Hoover

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What caused the other women to laugh at Mary Winston Jackson?

• She brought her lunch to work.

• She asked for the location of the bathroom.

• She wore heels to work.

• She did not know where to find the coffee pot in the breakroom.

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