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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the first satellite that Russia sent to space?SputnikSputnik IIExplorer 1Vanguard
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat school did Mary Jackson fight to attend?University of VirginiaHoward UniversityHampton High SchoolVirginia Technical School
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat school did Mary Jackson fight to attend?University of VirginiaHoward UniversityHampton High SchoolVirginia Technical School
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhose husband died?MaryChristineKatherineDorothy
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow did the machines affect female mathematicians?They were noisy and distracted the women from working.The women were in danger of losing their jobs to the machines.All answers are correct.No answers are correct.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the main character who was the mathematician and the supervisor?Mary JacksonKatherine GobleDorothy VaughnVivian Mitchell
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat did they call the female mathematicians?Lab LadiesComputersMathematiciansCalculators
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat year did these events take place?1960's1950's1970's1040's
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the women was promoted to Supervisor of the Programming Department?DorothyKatherineMaryVivian
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhy did John Glenn want Katherine to return to the space Task Group?To recheck the calculations for the landing coordinates.To calculate the go/no go formula.To program the computers.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich one of the main characters obtained an engineering degree?MaryKatherineVivianDorothy
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat year was the NASA Space Race?1960196119621963
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat math was used to help solve the problem of getting the astronauts into space?Euclidean GeometryTrigonometryAnalytical GeometryDifferential Equations
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhy did John Glenn have to come back to Earth early?His heat shield was defective.He completed his mission early.He ran out of fuel.His space capsule cracked.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat country was the United States in a "space race" with?RussiaCubaChinaMexico
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the astronaut that Katherine helped into orbit?John GlennNeil ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongGlenn Johnson
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHow many completed revolutions around the earth were made?3456
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the spaceship that Katherine helped to launch into orbit?Gemini 2Apollo 11Friendship 7Challenger
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWho was the president at the time of the launch?John F. KennedyRichard M. NixonDwight D. EisenhowerGerald R. Ford
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the programming language that Dorothy Vaughn learned to use with the IBM computer?FortranPythonJavaScala
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