Hidden Figures Quizzes

Hidden Figures Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Hidden Figures?
Margot Lee Shetterly

Katherine Johnson

Jasmine A. Francis

Alice Walker
2 When was Hidden Figures published?
2010

2014

2018

2016
3 When does the prologue begin/take place?
Winter 2016

Winter 1992

Winter 1940

Winter 2010
4 When does the main text begin?
January 1941

May 1943

April 1945

January 1942
5 What genre is the book?
Autobiography

Historical fiction

Science fiction

Nonfiction
6 Who is responsible for hiring the first black female computers at Langley?
Henry Reid

Virginia Tucker

Melvin Butler

Dorothy Vaughan
7 Why does the NACA hire black female computers?
President Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 means the defense industry must be at least 10% people of color

The NACA doesn't—they're hired through an external union

WWII has created a labor shortage, so black people and women have more job opportunities

Black women are naturally better at math
8 What does NACA stand for?
National Aeronautic Committee of America

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

National Aerospace Community Association

National Association of Contemporary Aircraft
9 Where is the NACA headquartered?
Langley, Virginia

Houston, Texas

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Hampton, Virginia
10 What is their headquarters called?
Langley Research Center

Newport News Research Center

Hampton Research Center

NACA Headquarters
11 Where does Vaughan work after being hired by the NACA?
Hampton Research Center

The East Area

The North Area

The West Area
12 Why do black female computers work in that area?
Segregation practices

Computers work best when they're all in one room

It's closest to the black neighborhoods

It's the only area with indoor plumbing
13 What did Vaughan do before becoming a computer?
Work in a military laundry room

Teach high school in Farmville, Virginia

Become a founding member of her local NAACP chapter

All of the above
14 What is Vaughan's first name?
Dorothy

Desiree

Denise

Dolores
15 What does Vaughan's husband do?
He's an itinerant hotel worker

He's an itinerant farmer

He's serving abroad in the army

He's an itinerant barber
16 Which Executive Order desegregated the defense industry in America?
8802

1919

7284

8510
17 Where does Vaughan meet Katherine Coleman?
White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, where her husband works with Katherine's father

Hampton, Virginia, where they're both hired as computers

Asheville, North Carolina, where Vaughan rents a room from Katherine's father

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where their children attend the same elementary school
18 What is Katherine Coleman's better-known last name?
Trick question—she's best known as Katherine Coleman

Tucker

Jackson

Johnson
19 What is the name of Katherine's first husband?
Jimmy Coleman

Jimmy Jackson

Jimmy Goble

Jimmy Johns
20 Where do white female computers work?
The Ladies' Room

The South Area

The East Area

The West Area
21 Who is the head computer?
Virginia Tucker

Miriam Mann

Dorothy Carter

Margery Hannah
22 Who is the supervisor of the West Area when Vaughan is hired?
Miriam Mann

Margery Hannah

Virginia Tucker

Mary Jackson
23 Where does Vaughan move when she's hired by the NACA?
Asheville

Langley

Houston

Newport News
24 What is the world's #1 industry in 1943?
The UK's shipping industry

America's airplane industry

Germany's bomb industry

The USSR's train industry
25 What do computers do during the war?
Get coffee for engineers

Calculations to support engineers' attempts to improve aircraft

Manage the Turing Machines to perform complex mathematics

Manage the wind tunnels used to test aircraft

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