Hidden Figures Quiz

True or False: The USA was the first country to put a man in space.

• True
• False

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In Hidden Figures, what were Katherine, Christine, and Dorothy really good at?

• Reading

• Computers

• Mathematics

• Storytelling

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In 1943, what were computers?

• calculators

• counters

• people

• designers

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Black people could not use the same restrooms as white people during this time in history--1940s-1950s.

• True

• False

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What did Mary really want to become?

• a computer

• a teacher

• an engineer

• a pilot

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What country was the United States in a "space race" with?

• Russia
• Cuba
• China
• Mexico

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Who knocked down the "Colored Ladies Room" sign?

• Paul Stafford

• John Gleen

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Al Harrison

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What does Paul bring to Katherine at the end of the movie?

• a new chair

• a report with her name on it

• a newspaper

• a cup of coffee

What brand machine did NASA buy to replace the human computers?

• HAL

• Dell

• IBM

• HP

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Why does Dorothy have to sneak a book out of the library?

• Because it was being held for someone else.

• Because she didn't have a library card.

• Because it was the only copy.

• Because it wasn't in the colored section of the library.

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