WorksheetsHidden Figures Ch 13 and 14
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1] The Flight Research Division spent their time working
in wind tunnels.
at West Computing.
with live aircraft.
with military officers.
2] One task of the Maneuver Loads Branch, where Katherine worked, was to
examine the cost of the space program.
examine wind tunnel data.
examine tasks for pilots.
examine safety concerns and investigate plane crashes.
3] Katherine thought "one of the most interesting things she had ever read" led to changes in
pilot requirements.
the West Computing Division.
air traffic regulations.
data analyzed by mathematicians.
4] What was the tragedy that happened to Katherine before Christmas in 1956?
She and her husband got a divorce.
Her husband died of a brain tumor.
One of her daughters died of a brain tumor.
She was fired from her job at NACA.
5] Chapter 14 "Progress" : The math required to study supersonic flight became increasingly complicated due to algebraic equations with as many as
35 variables and take a month to solve.
5 variables and take an hour to solve.
35 calculators to solve one equation.
25 variables and take a month to solve.
6] What was an important advantage that the new electronic computers had over female computers?
They never ran out of paper.
They only needed batteries to operate.
They were less expensive than the female computers.
They could work all night long.
7] In order to reach space, a hypersonic "rocket plane" would need to fly high enough and fast enough to
leave the sun's atmosphere and break the pull of Earth's gravity.
leave Earth's atmosphere and break the speed of sound.
leave Earth's atmosphere and break the pull of the Moon's gravity.
leave Earth's atmosphere and break the pull of Earth's gravity.
8] One thing that shocked Mary when she first entered Hampton High School was
how new and beautiful it looked.
the number of black students who attended at night.
that it was a dilapidated and musty old building.
that there were no white people attending at night.
9] When Thomas Byrdsong's partner, a mechanic, sabotaged the first experiment, Byrdsong did not say anything because
he knew the mechanic was correct and he was wrong.
many people would defend a white man over a black man.
many people would defend a black man over a white man.
many people would defend a computer over an engineer.
10] The last sentence in chapter 14 states: "Who would get there first?" Where is there?
the sun
outer space
Mars
Mercury
