Hidden Figures Quiz 2893

Who is the main focus of the book 'Hidden Figures'?

• Asian-American male physicists

• European-American female scientists

• African-American male engineers

• African-American female mathematicians

Which character in the book worked as a human computer at NASA's Langley Research Center?

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Katherine Johnson

• Sally Ride

• Mary Jackson

Who was the first African-American woman to work as an engineer at NASA?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Mary Jackson

• Michelle Obama

Which character in the book became the first African-American supervisor at NASA's Langley Research Center?

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Sally Ride

• Katherine Johnson

• Mary Jackson

Who calculated the trajectory for the first American manned spaceflight?

• Katherine Johnson

• Alan Shepard

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

Which character in the book faced racial and gender discrimination while pursuing her career at NASA?

• Katherine Johnson

• Sally Ride

• Mary Jackson

• Dorothy Vaughan

Which character in the book was instrumental in introducing computer programming at NASA?

• Katherine Johnson

• Mary Jackson

• Sally Ride

• Dorothy Vaughan

Which character in the book was the first African-American woman to attend graduate school at the University of Virginia?

• Mary Bowser

• Sojourner Truth

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

Which character in the book made significant contributions to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs?

• Katherine Johnson

• John Glenn

• Buzz Aldrin

• Neil Armstrong

Which research center did the characters in the book work at?

• N/A

• Harvard University

• University of Oxford

• NASA