from Hidden Figures Selection Review

Question 1

Which detail from the selection best reveals how important the mission President Roosevelt gave the NACA was?

Accepted Answer

Blacks were hired for positions typically only held by white people.

Question 2

Which definition most closely matches the way the word disturbance is used in paragraph 6?

Accepted Answer

1. an interruption of flow

Question 3

Male and female mathematicians were not treated differently at Langley Laboratory.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Paragraphs 1–8 contribute to the development of ideas in the selection by —

Accepted Answer

providing background information

Question 5

Which two phrases from paragraph 18 that best support the tone?

Accepted Answer

...excellent mathematicians., ...help support the war effort.

Question 6

Which word best describes the working conditions at Langley Laboratories?

Accepted Answer

Segregated

Question 7

Which two sentences best support the main idea that women and Blacks made important contributions at the Langley Center?

Accepted Answer

Langley was operating around the clock to test airplanes: everyone had jobs, The experience at Langley offered the chance to do interesting work.

Question 8

Revise- The women at Langley Laboratory were pioneers in the scientific field, and she made a significant impact on i

Accepted Answer

... and they made a significant impact on it.

Question 9

What is the effect of the author’s use of we in the text? -Today we think of computers as machines, but in the 1940s,

Accepted Answer

It creates an informal tone that includes the reader in the narrative.

Question 10

Which word best describes the tone of paragraph 18?

Accepted Answer

Respectful

Question 11

For which two reasons does the author use the word computer in paragraph 11?

Accepted Answer

To illustrate the difficulty of performing mathematical operations, To describe the tasks that female mathematicians did in the 1940s

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