Hidden Figures Chapter Quiz

In this sentence from Hidden Figures, subtle means

• low key, understated

• quiet, small

• mean spirited

• strong, heavy

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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.

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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.

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

• Dorothy

• Katherine

• Miriam

• Travis Scott

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

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

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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

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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

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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

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

• A) Electronic devices

• B) Human mathematicians

• C) Office equipment

• D) Spacecraft components

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