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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the first satellite that Russia sent to space?
Sputnik
Explorer 1
Vanguard
- 2. Multiple Choice
What school did Mary Jackson fight to attend?
University of Virginia
Howard University
Hampton High School
- 3. Multiple Choice
Whose husband died?
Mary
Christine
Katherine
- 4. Multiple Choice
How did the IBM Computer affect female mathematicians?
They were noisy and distracted the women from working.
The women were in danger of losing their jobs to the machines.
The women had to move to make room for the IBM.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the main character who was the mathematician and the supervisor?
Mary Jackson
Katherine Goble
Dorothy Vaughn
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did they call the female mathematicians?
Calculators
Computers
Mathematicians
- 7. Multiple Choice
During what decade did these events take place in the movie?
1960's
1950's
1040's
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the women was promoted to Supervisor of the Programming Department?
Dorothy
Katherine
Mary
- 9. 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.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which one of the main characters obtained an engineering degree?
Mary
Katherine
Dorothy
- 11. Multiple Choice
What country was the United States in a "space race" with?
Russia
Cuba
China
- 12. Multiple Choice
What was the name of the astronaut that Katherine helped into orbit?
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Glenn Johnson
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who was the president at the time of John Glenn's orbital flight?
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was the programming language that Dorothy Vaughn learned to use with the IBM computer?
Fortran
Python
Java
- 15. Multiple Choice
When Katherine had to investigate the crash of small Piper airplane...What did she discover that previously had not been know before
The maximum speed of a twin engine plane
The research resulted in all planes having a black box
Discovered turbulence could be created up to a half hour after planes cross paths in mid air
- 16. Multiple Choice
The case of Brown v Board of Education was important because did what
Ended Legalized segregation in public schools
Resulted in the desegregation in the Defense Industry
Ended Jim Crow in the South
- 17. Multiple Choice
Katherine Johnson was 14 years old when she graduated from High School.
True
False
- 18. Multiple Choice
Katherine Johnson calculated for the ________________________?
Moon landing
Orbiting of the earth
First man in space
All of the above
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhere does the movie take place?New York City, New YorkCharleston, South CarolinaHampton, Virginia
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat organization did Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy work for?National Science Foundation (NSF)The Planetary Society (TPS)National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat award did President Obama give Katherine in 2015?Purple HeartNobel Peace PrizePresidential Medal of Freedom
- 22. Multiple ChoiceIn real life, Mary Jackson was promoted by NASA in 1958 making her what?NASA's first black female engineerNASA's first black female astronautNASA's first nurse
- 23. Multiple Choice
What was the 'Space Race'?
Countries competing to get the most land
Countries competing to find the first aliens
Countries competing to put the first man in space
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the NASA lab where Katherine, Mary, and Dorothy worked?LangleyAlcatrazHarvard
- 25. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: The USA was the first country to put a man in space.TrueFalse
- 26. Multiple Choice
Separating black people from white people:
separation
segregation
emancipation
- 27. Multiple Choice
What did NACA get renamed to?
NACAB
NASA
NCAA
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhen John Glenn said, "Get the girl to check the numbers", to whom was he referring?Mary JacksonKatherine JohnsonDorothy Vaughan
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the capsule in which John Glenn orbited the Earth?Freedom 1Friendship 7MR-1
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Mary trying to accomplish by going to court?Get permission to take night classes at an all white schoolMake NASA get rid of the IBM computerGraduate high school
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the segregation laws called?Racial Separation laws.Jim Crow laws.Colored Workers laws.
- 32. Multiple ChoiceHow were black people expected to enter a bus due to segregation laws?Through the back door of the bus.By getting permission from the bus driver before entering.They had to wait for all white passengers to enter first.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat did James Thompson call the idea that black Americans had to fight in the war for victory overseas and at home for victory over oppression?The Double War.The Black Man's Battle.The Double V.
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of Langley did the black computers work in?North Area.West Area.East Area.
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the researchers at Langley use to gain test results without the dangers of test flights?Unmanned aircrafts.Ground models.Wind tunnels.
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name of the group of black pilots whose exploits were closely followed by the black community during World War II?The Tuskegee Airmen.The African American Airmen.The Black Panthers.
- 37. Multiple Choice
WHAT DOES NACA STAND FOR ?
National Association of Computer in America
National Aeronautics Committee in America
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which character in the book had a lifelong love of being a girl scout troop leader
Mary Jackson
Katherine Goble
Dorothy Vaughn
- 39. Multiple Choice
Why did Mary Jackson not want her girl scout troop to sing "pick a bale of cotton"
Because they had a hard time learning the song
Because people thought it was a song better suited for the boy scouts
It reinforced negative stereotypes for Black people
- 40. Multiple Choice
Why did Katherine use the white bathrooms at Langley?
They were labeled WHITES ONLY.
They were labeled COLOREDS.
They were unmarked.
- 41. Multiple Choice
How did Dorothy try to ready the women she supervised in the West Computer Division for the future?
She had them take classes on how to use space math.
She had them take classes on how to use new computers.
She had them take classes on astronomy.
- 42. Multiple Choice
How did people connect segregation with our falling behind in the space race?
Segregation of education hurt the potential for future African American scientists and mathematicians.
African Americans could not go to school.
African Americans were only taught English and social studies.
- 43. Multiple Choice
What was the Sputnik challenge?
The challenge to make an advancement in space exploration before Russia after loosing the race to put a satellite in space.
The challenge to see who could reach the moon first.
The challenge to see which country, US or Russia, could blow up the other countries satellite first.
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