eliana martinez

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1961 Hampton, Virginia

1. Where was the opening scene located and what year was it?____________________________________

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2. Which school would Katherine attend under a full scholarship?_________________________________

west virginia institute 1926
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1961
3. What year do we then jump to?______________________________________________________________

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4. What had happened to the car and what was Dorothy doing?___________________________________
the starter broke, and Dorthy was trying to fix it
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5. When the police officer arrived, where did they say they worked?______________________________

NASA
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6. What then did the police officer offer to do?___________________________________________________

an escort to work
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7. What had the Russians sent into space? (3 things)______________________________________________

human, dog, mannequin
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8. At NASA, what position was Dorothy filling and why?_________________________________________

supervisor because the other supervisor got ill

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9. Why did Mary leave her shoe in the testing room?_____________________________________________

her shoe got stuck in the vent
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10. Before entering the Space Task Group room, what did Vivian ask Katherine not to do?____________

not to talk to doctor harrison

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11. What was given to Katherine when she first entered the room and why?________________________
a trash can because the man thought she was a custodian
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12. What was Katherine’s new role in the Space Task Group?_____________________________________
to check the others work
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13. What did Mr. Harrison do to the work Katherine had just finished and why?_____________________
he threw it away because
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14. Who lived with Katherine?_________________________________________________________________

her mama and her 3 kids
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15. When asked, how did Katherine know about the Atlas Rocket?__________________________________

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16. What question did Mr. Harrison ask Katherine when he found out she had seen classified
he asked her questions on how she saw the information
information?______________________________________________________________________________
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17. Why was Dorothy thrown out of the library? _________________________________________________
because she was in the whites section
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18. What did Jim ask Katherine to do at the party?________________________________________________
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19. At the party, what interrupted the music and what was it about?_________________________________
someone interrupted the music and talked about them puttin a an in space.
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20. Why did Mr. Harrison ask his employees to call their wives?____________________________________
because they were gonna start working more
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21. What did Mr. Harrison do when he heard Katherine couldn’t use the toilet in their building?________
he took down the colored ladies room sign
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22. What did Jim bring round to Katherine’s to help with her flu?___________________________________
soup
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23. What was happening on May 5, 1961?________________________________________________________

they were launching a man in space

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24. What was the headline in the newspaper after this historic event?________________________________
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25. What was the condition Mary had to abide by if she wanted to do her classes at the all-white high
she could only go to the night classes
school?___________________________________________________________________________________
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26. After Gus Grisson was rescued, what happened to the capsule?__________________________________
the capsule sinks into the ocean
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27. Why did Katherine want to attend the Pentagon briefing?_______________________________________
she wanted to get al the information as soon as possible to figure out the problem faster.
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28. What was Katherine asked to do in the meeting?_______________________________________________
to solve an equation where the space capsule would land
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29. What surprise awaited Katherine when she got home?__________________________________________
her birthday dinner with her boyfriend proposing to her
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30. What problem did NASA encounter on the John Glenn launch day and how did they fix it?_________
they were not getting the location right but Katheraine stepped in and helped them.
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31. While Friendship 7 was in orbit, what malfunctions?____________________________________________
its about to loose its heat shield
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Short Answer Questions

1. When the police car pulled up behind Dorothy’s car, how do you think the ladies felt? If it was you,

what excuses would you prepare, if any? Explain your reasoning. _______________________________
I think they were sorta afraid of the police. if i was in that situation i would have done
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the same thing and lied.
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2. When the police officer offered an escort, why do you think Katherine politely refused, but Mary

accepted the offer? ________________________________________________________________________

Katherine didn't want the police officer to know she lied and Mary wanted the police
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officer to know that they lied.
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3. Why do you think the police officer had a change of heart when he heard they worked for NASA?
Provide examples from the movie to support your answer______________________________________
because since its such a good job he know they're smart, and he knew that if he arrested
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them he would get in trouble.
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Short Answer Questions

4. When Katherine started working in the Space Task Group , explain why you think Paul treated her

more harshly than the rest of the employees there. _____________________________________________

because he didn't like the thought of a black woman working in the space task group room.
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5. Explain why you think Dorothy had to look in the “white only” section of the library for the Fortran
book. Why did she need the book?___________________________________________________
because the black section didn't have the book she needed for work.
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6. When Al Harrison found out Katherine had to go ½ mile to go to the restroom, how did he respond?

Do you think he was truly concerned for her wellbeing or was it so she could be more efficient and
focused on her job? Provide examples from the movie to support your answer.
Harrison was shocked so he went to the bathroom that Katherine went to and knocked
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down the sign then told everyone that black or white share bathrooms now, and i think
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it was because he wanted her to be more efficient and focus on her job because of how
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he said it in a passionate type of voice.
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Essay Question

In the movie we see many examples of racial inequality taking place. How do you think this affected
the three ladies in their workplace and lives? Show how they managed to overcome these obstacles to
be successful and inadvertently help the civil rights movement.
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With Katherine it affected her by them not trusting her that much so they crossed out the most
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important information which she needed to solve the equation fully. It didn't do much with
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Katherine's life though it did make her lose time with her kids and boyfriend that soon becomes
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her husband, it really didn't have that big of an impact on her life as much. Katherine overcame
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theis negative points in her life and pushed forward and successfully did so and in the end she
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managed to help the civil rights movement in her own way.
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With Mary it affected her by her trying to become the first ever African American black woman
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to become a engineer by them thinking it was just a joke because they were probably racist. Her
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job affected her life by her not being able to focus on her life and focus on her becoming an
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engineer which she wanted more than anything. She managed to overcome this obstacle with
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her two best friends Dorothy and Katherine, without these two she probably wouldn't be where
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she is right now. She helped the Civil Rights Movement by helping NASA overcome what
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they're dealing with and same with Katherine.
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With Dorothy affected her by not having the stuff she needs to be a computer programmer, she
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got kicked out of the library because she was looking for book in the white section for a book
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she needed. This will affect her in her life because of how passionate she is to become a
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computer programmer that she won't focus on life. She managed to overcome this obstacle by
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reading the book that she needed and sneaking into the computer room and printing out
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something on a computer that no one else knew how to work and they figure she could be more
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than just what she already was. She helped NASA with the computer system and in the end she
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got what she wanted which was to became a computer programmer.
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