Quiz on Historical Figures

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

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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

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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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

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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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

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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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What is the title of Shetterly's book mentioned in the text?

• "Hidden Figures"

• "The Secretaries of NASA"

• "Women in Space"

• "The History of NASA"

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