WorksheetsHidden Figures Test Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which word means to examine closely?
scrutinize
impeccable
intensify
segregation
Which group was oppressed during WWII?
Germans
Jews
Japanese
Americans
What is the meaning of pioneer in the book Hidden Figures?
The first black person to achieve a goal
the first person to claim new land
a person who is first to do something
a person who is the first to settle in a new land
The study or practice of travel through the air is ___________.
aerodynamics
aeronautics
theoretical
intensify
A synonym for predominantly is _____________.
mostly
mainly
few
often
Theoretical work is based on ___________.
a theory
an idea
experience
practice
Choose the sentence with peculiar used correctly.
That apple is the color of peculiar.
The pale blonde boy is very peculiar.
My dog is licking his peculiar.
I almost spilled my peculiar on my laptop!
What is the meaning of versatile?
to become more serious
able to adjust to many different activities
mainly; for the most part
absolutely necessary; extremely important
What is a synonym for impeccable?
imperfect
flawless
flawed
perfect
What is a repercussion?
a positive consequence
a negative consequence
a reward
a gift
What does segregation mean?
forced separation between racial groups in a country
an opinion of someone of a different color not based on reason
the unjust treatment of someone of a different race
no longer separate
What is a simile?
an extreme exaggeration
the comparison of two unlikes things without using like or as
the comparison of two unlikes things using like or as
using the five senses to appeal to the reader
A______ is a comparison of two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
simile
onomatopoeia
metaphor
idiom
Which word means: 'To compare a non human object to an action that humans can do?'
Simile
Personification
Idiom
Alliteration
What is an idiom?
A sound
A device used to confuse the reader.
A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
A group of words that begin with the same sound.
Juan had a hard time hearing the teacher over his grumbling stomach.
*What is the onomatopoeia?
grumbling
teacher
hard
stomach
Which event/document abolished slavery?
Brown v. Board of Education
VJ Day
Morgan v. Virginia
Emancipation Proclamation
June 6, 1944 was __________________.
VJ Day, when Japan surrendered in WWII
D-Day, when Allied forces invaded Normandy
July 20, 1969 was when ________________________.
Apollo 1 had an electrical fire
Apollo 11 landed on the moon
John Glenn orbited Earth
Alan Shepard went to space
VJ Day stands for __________________________.
Victory over Japan
Victory over Jews
Victory for Japan
Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation on interstate buses was illegal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Morgan v. Virginia
Brown v. Board
Which Supreme Court decision ruled that segregation in public schools was illegal?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Morgan v. Virginia
Brown v. Board
Who were Ethel and Julius Rosenberg?
American spies in Russia during the Cold War
American citizens who spied for Russia during the Cold War
German spies in America during WWII
February 20, 1962 was when ____________________.
the sound barrier was broken for the first time
John Glenn orbited Earth
Alan Shepard made it to space
fire on Apollo 1
October 1957 is when ______________________.
Apollo 11 ands on the moon
fire onboard Apollo 1
the Soviet Union launches Sputnik
January 1967 was when _______________________.
Apollo 11 landed on the moon
electrical fire onboard Apollo 1
Soviet Union launches Sputnik
