Question

steeled for battle
1 as a single parent working night shifts at u.s. steels south works in
southeast chicago in the 1950s, alice peurala wanted a day job. she heard
that product testers in the metallurgical division had an appealing daytime
schedule. but these positions were not posted, as others were, for bidding;
peurala couldnt apply.
2 in 1967—after the passage of the 1964 civil rights act, which outlaws
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin—a male
colleague whom peurala had trained was moved up to be a product tester
despite being far more junior than peurala. just before he started, she called
where would more information about peuralas family fit best?
the first paragraph
the second paragraph
the seventh paragraph
the eighth paragraph

Explanation:

The first paragraph introduces Alice Peurala as a single parent, so information about her family (related to her being a single parent) would logically fit here to provide context about her situation. The second paragraph focuses on workplace discrimination after the Civil Rights Act, and the seventh/eighth paragraphs (not shown but likely unrelated to family context) don't fit as well as the first paragraph which sets up her personal context as a single parent.

Answer:

the first paragraph