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Hidden Figures ch. 10-12

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1
Mary applied for which 2 jobs at Langley?
engineer and junior engineer
computer and engineer
secretary and engineer
secretary and computer
2
Soviet Spies stole plans from NACA about
nuclear bombs
robots
rockets
nuclear powered airplanes
3
What made Mary feel like a "second class human being"?
being stuck in West Computing all day everyday
segregated bathrooms
the "colored" sign in the cafeteria
President Truman de-segregating the military and government workplaces
4
Katherine was sent from West Computing to work at...
Flight Research
West Virginia State University
SPT wind tunnel
East Computing
5
After World War 2, NACA's mission became to
Build faster planes
build robots
build rockets
go to space
6
After World War 2, the United States was very anxious about:
the lack of airplanes being produced.
threats posed by the Soviet Union.
lack of qualified scientists and mathematicians
threats posed by Germany.
7
What is a theoretical engineer?
someone who designs based on numbers and theories, rather than experiments.
someone who tests designs in laboratories.
someone who studies philosophy
someone who creates designs using experiments.
8
Mary Jackson's experience of being accused of having inaccurate calculations resulted in her being known as:
a fast computer
an unreliable mathematician
a bad employee
a smart and dedicated mathematician.
9
Dorothy Vaughn and Katherine Goble are both from:
Alabama
West Virginia
South Carolina
Virginia
10
How did Mary Jackson confront existing stereotypes?
She became a teacher.
She led girl scouts
She wouldn't let her girl scouts sing songs about slavery.
She applied for a secretarial civil-service job.
11
Katherine Goble graduated from high school at age
20
18
16
14