Hidden Figures Young Reader Novel Test Review

Who was the first African American woman to leave the West Computing pool and work directly for an engineer? She also published research reports and earned her Master's degree in Math.

• Dorothy Hoover

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

Who attended school with Katherine's daughters and worked as a data analyst at NASA?

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Goble Johnson

• Christine Mann Darden

Who was the group of African American military pilots who fought during World War II?

• Airmen in the sky

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Chuck Yeager

• African American Airmen

Who worked alongside engineers and was requested to check the IBM calculations for John Glenn's flight?

• Katherine Goble Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Christine Mann Darden

Who was the pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 plane on October 14, 1947?

• Chuck Jones

• Ted Yeager

• Harry Byrd

• Chuck Yeager

Who was the engineer at NASA who co-authored a research report with Katherine?

• Phillip Randolph

• Ted Skopinski

• Tom Cruise

• Teddy Roosevelt

Who was the woman who became the Section Head of the West Area Computers and later to go-to person for the IBM computer?

• Christine Mann Darden

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Goble Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughn

Who was the woman who helped her son in the Soap Box Derby and was granted permission to attend the all-white high school to take engineering courses?

• Katherine Goble Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Mary Jackson

• Christine Darden

Why was Dorothy Vaughn hesitant to take the job at Langley?

• Her husband didn't approve.

• She would be far away from her kids.

• She didn't think she would enjoy it.

• She wasn't an engineer.

What was NOT true for African American women at Langley?

• They earned equal pay.

• They worked as "computers."

• They weren't allowed to attend meetings.

• They had to use separate bathrooms.