Hidden Figures Bend Three Quiz

What does the title Hidden Figures mean?

Chapter 20, "Degrees of Freedom," discusses some of the work being done in America to push for equal rights. What were activists doing in Hampton, Virginia and other nearby states?

• Non-Violent Protests

• Rioting in the streets

• Forming an army to fight the government

• Staying in their homes to avoid police

After the success of the moon landing, Katherine thinks about the future of NASA and says that "once you take the first step, anything is possible." Why is this final line of the novel important to our themes about racism and inequality?

What does the quote "That's one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind" refer to?

• Neil Armstrong landing on the moon

• All 50 states agreeing to end segregation

• The invention of the telephone

• The first black astronaut in space

Sending a man to the moon was expensive; altogether, the Apollo missions cost around $24 billion dollars. When activists found out about the cost, why were they upset?

• We should be helping poor Americans with that money

• The mission should have happened faster

• NASA wasn't spending enough on safety

• America was in debt

In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, which further sparked a desire for change across the country. Shortly after this, Langley's director wrote to NASA headquarters complaining about what?

• The lack of African-American employees

• Too many African-Americans were applying

• They didn't have enough money

• Employees were not motivated at work

Astronaut Glenn's mission made national news and people talked all over, but he wasn't the only one acknowledged for their contributions. Who else's contributions were celebrated after the mission?

• President John F. Kennedy

• The Head of NASA

• Katherine Johnson

• The TV crew that filmed the event

Astronaut Glenn's mission into orbit was a failure

• True

• False

The flight into orbit required a lot of complicated calculations that were now being done mostly by computers. Astronaut John Glenn said he would feel better if he could get what?

• Someone to teach him about the computers

• Katherine Johnson to check the numbers

• Another month to have everything checked by hand

• A friend to go into space with him

What did President John F. Kennedy promise that NASA would do?

• Create a plane that flies at Mach 10

• Build the world's firsts super computer

• Send a camera into orbit around the sun

• Send a man to the moon and back