Question 1424 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B
Read the excerpt from Hidden Figures.As the work intensified, something that had been hibernating in her mind awakened, and once roused it would not go away. She considered the issue and checked its logic, just as she did with her analytical work. At first she asked it only of herself, but eventually she came to the engineers with the question."Why can’t I go to the editorial meetings?" she asked the engineers. A postgame recap of the analysis wasn’t nearly as thrilling as being there for the main event. How could she not want to be a part of the discussion? They were her numbers, after all."Girls don't go to the meetings," Katherine’s male colleagues told her.
Answer
A
Katherine Goble became more dedicated to her job as the work intensified. She asked to go to the editorial meetings so she could better understand what happened in them, but she was told that girls were not allowed to attend the meetings.
B
Katherine Goble became more determined to ask for a larger role as the scope of the work grew. Unsatisfied with summaries of the analysis that took place in the meetings, she asked why she could not go to the editorial meetings and was told that girls could not attend.
C
Katherine Goble became upset that she was not allowed to attend editorial meetings as her work became more involved. When she asked why she could not attend the meetings, she was given an unfair answer that upset her.
D
Katherine Goble confronted an issue that had been hibernating in her mind and that would not go away. She approached the situation logically, as she did with all of her work. When she asked why she could not attend the meetings, she was told that girls could not go.
Explanation
As the work intensified, Katherine began wanting a more active role in the discussions about her analysis. A summary afterward was not enough for her, so she asked why she could not attend the editorial meetings and was told that girls did not go. Choice B captures both her growing desire to participate and the response she received.
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