HIDDEN FIGURES Young Reader’s Edition NOVEL ASSESSMENT

Which federal agency researched and promoted the study of flight?

• US Environment Protection Agency

• National Archives and Records Administration

• National Advisory Committee for Aerospace Engineering

• National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Which president believed in the importance of air power and in 1941 increased airplane production?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• John F. Kennedy

• Herbert Hoover

• Lyndon B. Johnson

Which Aeronautical Laboratory did the mathematicians work?

• Cape Canaveral

• Langley Memorial

• Johnson Space Center

• Goddard Space Center

Most women who graduated from college became...

• Teachers

• Lawyers

• Engineers

• Secretaries

5. There were 12 segregation laws that were stated. Which of the following is one of them?

• Jim Crow laws

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

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

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

Who helped do the math that would help send the first man into space?

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

Who was an African American woman leading expert on supersonic flight?

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

Which war became an opportunity for African Americans to make a better life for themselves?

• World War II

• Civil War

• Cold War

• World War I

What is the science of matter, energy, and motion?

• Algebra

• Engineering

• Biology

• Physics