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Quiz on Historical Figures

Authored by Emily Rudd

English

7th Grade

CCSS covered

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Quiz on Historical Figures
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the President of the United States during the Medal of Freedom Ceremony mentioned in the excerpt?

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

Donald Trump

Bill Clinton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Katherine Johnson calculate for America's first mission in space?

The distance to the moon

The flight path for the mission

The speed of the spacecraft

The weight of the astronauts

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What degrees did Katherine Johnson graduate with from college?

Math and Physics

Math and Chemistry

Math and French

Math and Biology

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was unexpected in the 1943 photograph discovered by Mary Gainer?

The presence of children

The presence of women in knee-length skirts and pompadour hairdos

The presence of animals

The presence of astronauts

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who tasked Sarah McLennan with getting to the bottom of the number of secretaries employed at Langley Research Center?

Margot Lee Shetterly

Sarah McLennan

Gainer

Taraji P. Henson

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Shetterly's book "Hidden Figures" focus on?

The history of black women at NASA

The history of NASA's space missions

The development of computer technology

The life of astronauts

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Shetterly realize about the history of black women at NASA?

It was well-known

It was fading

It was fictional

It was exaggerated

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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