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Read the following message.

Dear Aunt Rosa,

I finally have some news worth sharing. Remember the sewing machine you passed down to me last spring? I have put it to good use at last. Over the reading break, my roommate Cleo and I signed up for a costume workshop at the community theatre here in Fredericton, and we sewed outfits for the whole spring play. I could not have taken part without a machine of my own. The old one I borrowed from the residence kept jamming, and half its stitches came out crooked, so yours arrived at just the right moment.

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1Talia is writing to her aunt mainly to
Areturn the sewing machine she borrowed.
Bcomplain that the old machine kept jamming.
Cshare that she has finally made use of a gift.
Dask for a new sewing machine for the play.
2During the workshop, Talia and Cleo
Apainted the backdrop they had come to work on.
Bnever got to do the task they had signed up for.
Cleft the theatre before the play was finished.
Dfound the sewing far duller than expected.
3Talia got off the bus early so that she could
Avisit the square where her mother was raised.
Bbuy jam at the Saturday market.
Csee her aunt at the sewing circle.
Dlook for a tailor shop to fix her machine.
4Talia nearly cried because she
Acould not find her aunt's childhood flat.
Bdiscovered the shop had become a florist's.
Cheard stories about her mother selling jam.
Dsaw a sign her grandfather had painted.
5Talia is hoping to
Ause the sewing machine for the first time.
Btake the train out to Moncton.
Cfind a summer job after her exams.
Dmove to Moncton for good.
6When Talia was small, she and her aunt
Asewed costumes for the community theatre.
Bran the tailor shop in the market square.
Cused to go to the sewing circle together.
Dlived together across the province.
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