Hidden Figures Quizzes

Hidden Figures Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Hidden Figures?
Alice Walker

Margot Lee Shetterly

Katherine Johnson

Jasmine A. Francis
2 When was Hidden Figures published?
2010

2016

2018

2014
3 When does the prologue begin/take place?
Winter 1992

Winter 2010

Winter 2016

Winter 1940
4 When does the main text begin?
May 1943

January 1942

January 1941

April 1945
5 What genre is the book?
Science fiction

Autobiography

Nonfiction

Historical fiction
6 Who is responsible for hiring the first black female computers at Langley?
Dorothy Vaughan

Virginia Tucker

Melvin Butler

Henry Reid
7 Why does the NACA hire black female computers?
Black women are naturally better at math

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

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
8 What does NACA stand for?
National Aerospace Community Association

National Association of Contemporary Aircraft

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

National Aeronautic Committee of America
9 Where is the NACA headquartered?
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Houston, Texas

Hampton, Virginia

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

Hampton Research Center

NACA Headquarters

Langley Research Center
11 Where does Vaughan work after being hired by the NACA?
The East Area

Hampton Research Center

The West Area

The North Area
12 Why do black female computers work in that area?
It's the only area with indoor plumbing

Computers work best when they're all in one room

Segregation practices

It's closest to the black neighborhoods
13 What did Vaughan do before becoming a computer?
Teach high school in Farmville, Virginia

Work in a military laundry room

Become a founding member of her local NAACP chapter

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

Desiree

Dolores

Dorothy
15 What does Vaughan's husband do?
He's serving abroad in the army

He's an itinerant hotel worker

He's an itinerant farmer

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

1919

8510

7284
17 Where does Vaughan meet Katherine Coleman?
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where their children attend the same elementary school

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
18 What is Katherine Coleman's better-known last name?
Tucker

Jackson

Trick question—she's best known as Katherine Coleman

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

Jimmy Goble

Jimmy Johns

Jimmy Coleman
20 Where do white female computers work?
The South Area

The East Area

The Ladies' Room

The West Area
21 Who is the head computer?
Dorothy Carter

Virginia Tucker

Margery Hannah

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

Virginia Tucker

Mary Jackson

Margery Hannah
23 Where does Vaughan move when she's hired by the NACA?
Newport News

Asheville

Langley

Houston
24 What is the world's #1 industry in 1943?
Germany's bomb industry

The USSR's train industry

The UK's shipping industry

America's airplane industry
25 What do computers do during the war?
Calculations to support engineers' attempts to improve aircraft

Manage the Turing Machines to perform complex mathematics

Get coffee for engineers

Manage the wind tunnels used to test aircraft

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