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WorksheetsHidden Figures - The Movie
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
In the opening scene, Katherine's parents are entering her into a school in what state?
a)
Mississippi
b)
West Virginia
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Alabama
2.
When the ladies car breaks down, how do they make it work at NASA?
a)
Bus
b)
ride in a police car
c)
they fix the car themselves and get a police escort
d)
they hitchhike
3.
In the beginning of the movie, Katherine, Mary and Dorothy work for NASA as
a)
Teachers
b)
Secretaries
c)
researchers
d)
Computers
4.
What country beat the USA to putting a satellite in space orbiting the earth?
a)
China
b)
Germany
c)
England
d)
Russia
5.
IBM stands for
a)
International Business Machine
b)
Institute of Beta Mathematics
c)
Inventory Business Men
d)
none of these
6.
What type of Mathematics does NASA need Katherine to perform
a)
Calculus
b)
Analytic Geometry
c)
Algebra
d)
Trigonometry
7.
Mary is assigned to work with
a)
the engineers on the capsule
b)
The mathematicians on the trajectory
c)
the chemists on the rocket fuel
d)
No one. She is fired.
8.
Mr Harrison asks Katherine to check the math of the men of the Space Task Group at NASA because
a)
heat shields keep flying off the NASA capsule.
b)
he wants to give her busy work
c)
he is testing her
d)
he wants to get her fired.
9.
Dorothy is upset because
a)
she does all the work of a supervisor without the pay
b)
she has to drive so far to get to work
c)
she wants to be an engineer
10.
What is Mary's husband's opinion on her working as an engineer at NASA?
a)
he is fully supportive
b)
he is sceptical
c)
he demands that she is promoted.
d)
none of these
11.
What do NASA computers calculate?
a)
Math necessary to handle launch and landing for the space program
b)
costs associated with NASA's program
c)
The time it takes to complete a project.
12.
What famous astronaut do the ladies meet in person?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Buzz Aldrin
c)
John Glenn
d)
Buzz Lightyear
13.
Which of the ladies does Colonel Johnson end up marrying?
a)
Mary
b)
Dorothy
c)
Katherine
d)
Jane
14.
the first man in space was
a)
The American Buzz Aldrin
b)
The Soviet, Yuri Gagarin
c)
The German, Ralph Yost
d)
ET
15.
How does Mary get permission to attend classes at an all white school?
a)
she petitions the court, and plays on the judge's desire to be the 'first'
b)
she gets the head of NASA to ask
c)
she fakes a letter from the president
16.
The final calculations Katherine is asked to do are pertaining to
a)
inventing a new computer
b)
Gus Grissom's return trajectory
c)
The amount of burn fuel required to life the atlas rocket from the launch pad.
d)
the safe return of John Glenn's capsule to the earth.
17.
What does Mr Harrison do when he learns there are separate bathrooms and coffee pots for Katherine?
a)
he does nothing
b)
he removes the segregated facilities
c)
he puts a coloured restroom closer to Katherine's desk.
d)
he complains to the head of NASA
18.
NASA landed the first man on the moon in
a)
1962
b)
1972
c)
1969
d)
1965
19.
The Friendship 7 mission
a)
successfully launched
b)
landed safely in the ocean near the Bahamas
c)
Had a malfunction with the capsules heat shield
d)
al of the above
20.
Toward the end of the movie, the new IBM Supervisor is
a)
Dorothy
b)
Katherine
c)
Vivian
d)
Mary
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