Hidden Figures Chapter Quiz

In this sentence from Hidden Figures, subtle means

• low key, understated

• quiet, small

• mean spirited

• strong, heavy

Which of these details would be most important to include in a summary of chapter 4 of Hidden Figures.

• NACA had a lunch room for their employees

• The Langley lab buildings were painted green to camouflage them

• Dorothy Vaughn and her black coworkers faced systemic racism and segregation every day at their NACA jobs.

• The black computers worked in the West Area computing pool.

What is a central idea or theme revealed in the book Hidden Figures?

• Discrimination is wrong.

• Don't judge a book by its cover.

• World War 2 was a horrible time for everyone.

• Dorothy Vaughn worked at the Langley Lab for over 20 years.

Which character in the story steals the "Colored Computers" sign from the lunch room table repeatedly?

• Dorothy

• Katherine

• Miriam

• Travis Scott

Who was the first African-American women to become an engineer at NACA?

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

Astronaut Glenn's mission made national news and people talked all over, but he wasn't the only one acknowledged for their contributions. Who else's contributions were celebrated after the mission?

• President John F. Kennedy

• The Head of NASA

• Katherine Johnson

• The TV crew that filmed the event

The flight into orbit required a lot of complicated calculations that were now being done mostly by computers. Astronaut John Glenn said he would feel better if he could get what?

• Someone to teach him about the computers

• Katherine Johnson to check the numbers

• Another month to have everything checked by hand

• A friend to go into space with him

What happened when Mary Jackson asked where the Colored restroom was?

• People told her to use the white restroom

• People took her to it

• The other ladies laughed at her

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

• Reading

• Computers

• Mathematics

• Storytelling

In the context of Hidden Figures, what does the term 'computers' refer to?

• A) Electronic devices

• B) Human mathematicians

• C) Office equipment

• D) Spacecraft components