The author talks about how every single one of us is weird, and uses Benjamin Franklin as an example. ... Franklin was considered weird, one reason is because, he would take air baths (naked) while writing essays. This reveals that the most gifted people are often strange or unique in ways you wouldn’t think
It would be D:
While I was at the gym—wondering what machine to use next—I ran into my neighbor.
The event that allowed Collins to pursue her career dreams was
Soon before she finished college, the Air Force started training female pilots.
Explanation:
The space exploration program had been going on for a long time and the man had been to the moon before the NASA thought of training and sending women to the space too.
This changed by the time that Collins graduated which was lucky for her as if it did not happen she would have had to choose a career different from her dreams.
She was chosen for the training program recently started after she graduated and then became one of the contenders for the mission.
No. It should be "Paloma did not make it to work, for her car broke down on the freeway".