Hidden Figures Chapters 16-23

“NASA was tasked to 'provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities.'” Based on the quote, the meaning of the word dissemination most likely means which of the following?

• lasting for a very short time

• soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence

• lasting a long time; enduring

• the action of spreading information

“The engineers approached Project Mercury by breaking it down into its constituent parts.” Based on the quote, the meaning of the word constituent most likely means which of the following?

• being a part of a whole

• suffer the loss of, no longer have

• be successful or victorious

• be deprived of or cease to have or retain

“The Mercury Seven trained hard, both physically and in the classroom, preparing their bodies and minds for the unprecedented journey ahead of them.” Based on the quote, the meaning of the word unprecedented most likely means which of the following?

• long and difficult

• new, unfamiliar

• not habitually or commonly occurring or done

• not unusual; ordinary

“Mission Control might have moved to Houston, but Langley was still a beehive of space activity for Katherine Johnson and her colleagues, who were busy laying the groundwork for meeting NASA's greatest challenge, sending a man to the moon and bringing him home safely.” Based on the quote, the meaning of the word beehive most likely means which of the following?

• lacking originality

• a place where bees live

• a place of busy activity

• a dull location

What was the name of the Soviet satellite that was launched on October 4, 1957 ?

• Yuri

• Sputnik

• Mercury

• Yeager

What does NACA's new name NASA mean?

• Neighborhood Assistance Society of America

• National Advisory Society for Astronauts

• North American Space and Aviation

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Why was it important for Katherine Goble to attend the editorial meetings at Langley's Flight Research Division?

• Katherine wanted to cause trouble and assert herself.

• Katherine wanted to prove that she was smarter than the men she worked with.

• Katherine loved learning and wanted to gain as much knowledge as possible.

• Katherine needed to be uncooperative to get her way.

In 1959, there were several men selected as the first group of astronauts to man an American spacecraft. This group was known as the _____________?

• Venus Seven

• Mercury Seven

• Freedom Seven

• Mars Seven

"Mary [Jackson] decided to lend her trained eye and her understanding of aerodynamics to help her son, Levi, build a car to enter the Virginia Peninsula 1960..." ?

• soapbox derby

• NASCAR derby

• go-cart derby

• bicycle derby

"Faced with this new era in computing, fifty-year-old Dorothy Vaughan reinvented herself as a ..."

• human calculator

• Langley electronics specialist

• electrical engineer

• computer programmer