Hidden Figures Chapters 1-5

Where is Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory located?

• Hampton, VA

• Washington DC

• South Carolina

• Richmond, VA

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What do they call the mathematicians who work at Langley?

• Geniuses

• nerds

• computers

• calculators

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Before working for Langley, Dorothy Vaughan worked for 12 years as a

• laundress

• high school math teacher

• high school English teacher

• waitress

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Dorothy sacrificed a lot of time with her family for the job at Langley because

• it was a good job

• her family lived four hours away

• the job was six days a week

• all of the above

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What does NACA stand for?

• National Air Control Association

• New Age Computers Association

• National Aeronautics Committee Association

• National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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Why was NACA hiring more women?

• WWII created more demand for its services.

• Men were fighting in the war.

• Women were capable of doing the jobs.

• All of the above

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What does the double V represent?

• Victory over enemies without; victory over enemies within.

• Victory over both hunger and oppression.

• Votes for women and blacks

• Victory in the fields of war and battle

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What did blacks feel they had in common with the Jews under Hitler's reign?

• job limitations

• segregation

• violence

• all of the above

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Despite their frustration in America, why did most blacks join in the fight against the Nazi socialists?

• They believed in the ideals of democracy.

• They had hope that America could change.

• They knew that Nazi leadership would be much worse.

• All of the above

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When was D-day?

• January 1, 1941

• December 7, 1941

• December 1, 1943

• January 1, 1943