Quiz on Hidden Figures Chapters 10-17

Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to supervisor at Langley in "Hidden Figures" chapters 10-17?

• Mary Jackson

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

What was the main job of the "computers" at Langley during this time?

• Building rockets

• Calculating math problems and data

• Flying airplanes

• Writing stories

Which important space mission did Katherine Johnson help calculate the trajectory for?

• Apollo 11

• Mercury-Atlas 6 (John Glenn's flight)

• Gemini 4

• Voyager 1

What did Mary Jackson have to do to become an engineer at Langley?

• Take night classes at a whites-only school

• Move to another city

• Build her own rocket

• Write a book

Why did the women at Langley have to use separate bathrooms from the white workers?

• Because they were new

• Because of segregation laws

• Because they were engineers

• Because they worked at night

What did Dorothy Vaughan teach herself and her team to help them keep their jobs?

• How to fly planes

• How to use computers and program in FORTRAN

• How to build rockets

• How to cook

Which of the following best describes the attitude of the women computers toward their work?

• They were bored

• They were proud and determined

• They wanted to quit

• They didn’t care

What was the name of the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth, whose flight Katherine Johnson helped with?

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Buzz Aldrin

What did the engineers at Langley use to check their math before computers were common?

• Calculators

• Human computers (people)

• Robots

• Telephones

Which of these equations might the women at Langley have used to calculate the path of a rocket?