Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures . Shetterly explains how the roles of men and women differed at NACA. Women were "supposed” to wait for the assignments from their supervisors, and weren’t expected to take the lead by asking questions or pushing for plum assignments. Men were engineers and women were computers; men did the analytical thinking and women did the calculations. Which statements best paraphrase this excerpt?
Answer
A
Women were supposed to wait for assignments from their supervisors and were not expected to display leadership by asking questions or pushing for good assignments. Men were engineers who did analytical thinking, and women were computers who did calculations.
B
Women were supposed to take assignments from their supervisors and were discouraged from showing ambition by making inquiries or asking for more interesting work. Men were better at analytical thinking, and women were better at calculations.
C
Women were meant to wait to be told what assignments they could work on and were expected not to question the assignments they were given. Men were engineers who were responsible for tasks requiring analytical thinking, and women were computers who were responsible for calculations.
D
Women were expected to work on whatever assignments their supervisors gave them, rather than taking initiative by asking questions or requesting desirable assignments. Men were responsible for analytical tasks, and women were responsible for calculations.