Hidden Figures Ch 13 and 14

1] The Flight Research Division spent their time working

• in wind tunnels.

• at West Computing.

• with live aircraft.

• with military officers.

2] One task of the Maneuver Loads Branch, where Katherine worked, was to

• examine the cost of the space program.

• examine wind tunnel data.

• examine tasks for pilots.

• examine safety concerns and investigate plane crashes.

3] Katherine thought "one of the most interesting things she had ever read" led to changes in

• pilot requirements.

• the West Computing Division.

• air traffic regulations.

• data analyzed by mathematicians.

4] What was the tragedy that happened to Katherine before Christmas in 1956?

• She and her husband got a divorce.

• Her husband died of a brain tumor.

• One of her daughters died of a brain tumor.

• She was fired from her job at NACA.

5] Chapter 14 "Progress" : The math required to study supersonic flight became increasingly complicated due to algebraic equations with as many as

• 35 variables and take a month to solve.

• 5 variables and take an hour to solve.

• 35 calculators to solve one equation.

• 25 variables and take a month to solve.

6] What was an important advantage that the new electronic computers had over female computers?

• They never ran out of paper.

• They only needed batteries to operate.

• They were less expensive than the female computers.

• They could work all night long.

7] In order to reach space, a hypersonic "rocket plane" would need to fly high enough and fast enough to

• leave the sun's atmosphere and break the pull of Earth's gravity.

• leave Earth's atmosphere and break the speed of sound.

• leave Earth's atmosphere and break the pull of the Moon's gravity.

• leave Earth's atmosphere and break the pull of Earth's gravity.

8] One thing that shocked Mary when she first entered Hampton High School was

• how new and beautiful it looked.

• the number of black students who attended at night.

• that it was a dilapidated and musty old building.

• that there were no white people attending at night.

9] When Thomas Byrdsong's partner, a mechanic, sabotaged the first experiment, Byrdsong did not say anything because

• he knew the mechanic was correct and he was wrong.

• many people would defend a white man over a black man.

• many people would defend a black man over a white man.

• many people would defend a computer over an engineer.

10] The last sentence in chapter 14 states: "Who would get there first?" Where is there?

• the sun

• outer space

• Mars

• Mercury