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Hidden Figures Chapters 1-9

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does NACA stand for?

a)

National Advisory Council for Aerodynamics

b)

Native Advisement Council for Aeronautical

c)

National Advisory Council for Aeronautics

d)

National Algebra Committee for Aeronautics

2.

Which war was occurring in 1943?

a)

World War 1

b)

World War II

c)

Civil War

d)

War on Terrorism

3.

Which president signed an executive order that ordered desegregation and created the Fair Employment Practice Committee?

a)

Franklin Roosevelt

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Herbert Hoover

4.

Where did Dorothy Vaughn first experience segregation at Langley?

a)

cafeteria

b)

parking lot A

c)

boarding

d)

calculation room

5.

Which campaign questioned African American rights for freedom overseas and at home?

a)

Brown vs Virginia

b)

Double V

c)

VJ Day

d)

State of the Union Address

6.

What made Dorothy Vaughn feel like an official Langley employee?

a)

Civil Service Oath

b)

$2,000 annual paycheck

c)

NACA uniform

d)

NACA identification badge

7.

Who was the group of African America military pilots who fought during the war?

a)

P-51 Mustangs

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

War Birds

d)

Mustangs of Tuskegee

8.

What is the study of objects moving through the air?

a)

Physics

b)

Fundamental theory of aeronauticals

c)

Fundamental theory of aerodynamics

d)

Algebraic engineering

9.

What is the term for something moving at the speed of sound?

a)

Yeager

b)

Mach 1

c)

Bell X-1

d)

Sonic 1

10.

What percentage of the people in southeastern Virginia worked for the government in 1945?

a)

50%

b)

20%

11.

At what moment did Dorothy Vaughn realize that her family would never forget that moment and that they were “home”?

a)

Marian Anderson concert

b)

B-29 Flight Launch

c)

Winning Brown vs Virginia court case

d)

When she was offered a permanent position at Langley

12.

The work of most women at Langley was anonymous.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

The Army Air Corps became an independent branch of the military known as:

a)

Army

b)

Navy

c)

Air Force

d)

Coast Guard