Question 758 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures.Men gave the orders and women took notes. Unless an engineer was given a compelling reason to evaluate a woman as a peer, she remained in his blind spot, her usefulness measured against the limited task at hand, any additional talents undiscovered.Read Cameron’s paraphrase of the excerpt.Women completed the tasks assigned to them. Unless an engineer was forced to consider a woman his peer, he never paid attention to her. Men were only concerned with completing the tasks that were right in front of them.
Answer
A
He adds his personal opinions.
B
He includes information that is not found in the original text.
C
He includes wording that is too close to the original text.
D
He misrepresents the author’s ideas.
Explanation
The original says women’s abilities often went unnoticed when they were judged only by the limited task at hand. It does not say that men were only concerned with completing the tasks in front of them. Cameron’s paraphrase changes the author’s point by making a broader claim about men’s concerns, so it misrepresents the author’s ideas.
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