Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures . By the measure of the rest of the country, she was an insider’s insider. She enjoyed a front-row seat at a spectacle that the rest of the citizenry learned about in the daily newspaper and on the nightly news. But however close she sat to the room where the meetings took place, she was still an outsider if she couldn't get in the door. Which statement best summarizes the excerpt?
Answer
A
Even though many would have considered Katherine Goble an insider because she was close to the meetings, she still felt like an outsider because she was not actually part of the meetings.
B
Katherine Goble was so close to the meetings, yet she still felt far away, and she only knew what went on in the meetings based on what she learned about in the news.
C
Katherine Goble had a unique and interesting opportunity to learn about what was happening in the meetings that took place behind closed doors, but she still felt like an outsider.
D
Even though Katherine Goble was an insider by the measure of the rest of the country, she was still an outsider because she could not get in the door to actually attend the meetings.