Hidden Figures Quiz

Who is the author of Hidden Figures?

• Katherine Johnson

• Margot Lee Shetterly

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

Which organization did the women work for in the novel?

• NASA

• IBM

• Langley Research Center

• Pentagon

Which war led to the hiring of more African-American women as mathematicians?

• World War I

• Cold War

• World War II

• Vietnam War

What was the job title given to the women who did mathematical calculations?

• Analysts

• Computers

• Engineers

• Operators

What is the name of the program that sent the first Americans to space?

• Apollo

• Mercury

• Challenger

• Atlantis

Who was the first African-American woman engineer at NASA?

• Katherine Johnson

• Christine Darden

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

Dorothy Vaughan became an expert in which programming language?

• Python

• Java

• FORTRAN

• BASIC

Which astronaut relied on Katherine Johnson's manual calculations?

• Neil Armstrong

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Buzz Aldrin

Where did most of the women in the book live and work?

• Florida

• Alabama

• Virginia

• Texas

Which division did the African-American women initially work in at Langley?

• West Area Computing

• East Area Control

• North Wing Research

• South Engineering Unit