Hidden Figures Chapter 10 (Young Reader's Edition)

Why did Mary Jackson return home to Hampton, VA after working one year as a teacher in Maryland?

• To work at a community center run by the United Services Organization (USO).

• To help care for her father who became sick.

• Because she was homesick and missed her family.

• To work as a mathematician at Langley.

How did Mary Jackson positively influence the girls in Girl Scout Troop 11?

• She taught them that their skin color, gender, and economic status should not limit their dreams.

• She taught them life skills like sewing, cooking, and budgeting.

• She tutored them in Mathematics and English after school.

• She helped them volunteer at a soup kitchen in their community.

Why didn't the United States and the Soviet Union trust each other? How did this affect the workers at Langley?

True or False: After WW2 many Americans feared communism, the political system in the Soviet Union.

• True

• False