wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Hidden Figures Test Review

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means to examine closely?

a)

scrutinize

b)

impeccable

c)

intensify

d)

segregation

2.

Which group was oppressed during WWII?

a)

Germans

b)

Jews

c)

Japanese

d)

Americans

3.

What is the meaning of pioneer in the book Hidden Figures?

a)

The first black person to achieve a goal

b)

the first person to claim new land

c)

a person who is first to do something

d)

a person who is the first to settle in a new land

4.

The study or practice of travel through the air is ___________.

a)

aerodynamics

b)

aeronautics

c)

theoretical

d)

intensify

5.

A synonym for predominantly is _____________.

a)

mostly

b)

mainly

c)

few

d)

often

6.

Theoretical work is based on ___________.

a)

a theory

b)

an idea

c)

experience

d)

practice

7.

Choose the sentence with peculiar used correctly.

a)

That apple is the color of peculiar.

b)

The pale blonde boy is very peculiar.

c)

My dog is licking his peculiar.

d)

I almost spilled my peculiar on my laptop!

8.

What is the meaning of versatile?

a)

to become more serious

b)

able to adjust to many different activities

c)

mainly; for the most part

d)

absolutely necessary; extremely important

9.

What is a synonym for impeccable?

a)

imperfect

b)

flawless

c)

flawed

d)

perfect

10.

What is a repercussion?

a)

a positive consequence

b)

a negative consequence

c)

a reward

d)

a gift

11.

What does segregation mean?

a)

forced separation between racial groups in a country

b)

an opinion of someone of a different color not based on reason

c)

the unjust treatment of someone of a different race

d)

no longer separate

12.

What is a simile?

a)

an extreme exaggeration

b)

the comparison of two unlikes things without using like or as

c)

the comparison of two unlikes things using like or as

d)

using the five senses to appeal to the reader

13.

A______ is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".

a)

simile

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

metaphor

d)

idiom

14.

Which word means: 'To compare a non human object to an action that humans can do?'

a)

Simile

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Alliteration

15.

What is an idiom?

a)

A sound

b)

A device used to confuse the reader.

c)

A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.

d)

A group of words that begin with the same sound.

16.
How does imagery help us understand the story?
a)
It doesn't
b)
By expressing how the author is feeling
c)
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
d)
By telling the mood
17.
Choose the best alliteration definition:
a)
The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
b)
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
c)
The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
18.

Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.

*What is the onomatopoeia?

a)

grumbling

b)

teacher

c)

hard

d)

stomach

19.

Which event/document abolished slavery?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

VJ Day

c)

Morgan v. Virginia

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

20.

June 6, 1944 was __________________.

a)

VJ Day, when Japan surrendered in WWII

b)

D-Day, when Allied forces invaded Normandy

21.

July 20, 1969 was when ________________________.

a)

Apollo 1 had an electrical fire

b)

Apollo 11 landed on the moon

c)

John Glenn orbited Earth

d)

Alan Shepard went to space

22.

VJ Day stands for __________________________.

a)

Victory over Japan

b)

Victory over Jews

c)

Victory for Japan

23.

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Morgan v. Virginia

c)

Brown v. Board

24.

Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Morgan v. Virginia

c)

Brown v. Board

25.

Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?

a)

American spies in Russia during the Cold War

b)

American citizens who spied for Russia during the Cold War

c)

German spies in America during WWII

26.

February 20, 1962 was when ____________________.

a)

the sound barrier was broken for the first time

b)

John Glenn orbited Earth

c)

Alan Shepard made it to space

d)

fire on Apollo 1

27.

October 1957 is when ______________________.

a)

Apollo 11 ands on the moon

b)

fire onboard Apollo 1

c)

the Soviet Union launches Sputnik

28.

January 1967 was when _______________________.

a)

Apollo 11 landed on the moon

b)

electrical fire onboard Apollo 1

c)

Soviet Union launches Sputnik