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Read the following message.

Dear Theo,

I've come up with a wonderful idea to add to your visitor guide of unusual ways to spend a week in our province. As you know, I'm off work for a month. I decided to check out tree planting as a seasonal worker. Can you picture me planting trees on a hillside? This was not my original plan, but I noticed a few notices for planters pinned up at a coffee shop near the harbour, and I thought it would be worth a try. I'll admit I was a little nervous, because the work is so different from my usual accounting job.

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1Frances decided to try tree planting mainly
Ato do something different from her usual work
Bto earn better pay than her accounting job
Cto add seasonal work to her résumé
Dto fill the journal she is keeping by hand
2Before starting, the crew leader advised Frances to
Acarry heavy bags of seedlings up the hillside
Bpick up a jacket and a few other things
Chand in references and say when she could begin
Dpromise to stay for the whole spring season
3Frances is without her phone and laptop because
Ashe left them behind by mistake at the coffee shop.
Bthe bunkhouse lodging at the camp has no power.
Cshe prefers handwriting letters and keeping a journal.
Dshe decided to try living without them for a while.
4How does Frances feel about the evenings with the crew?
AThey are a pleasant end to the day.
BThey leave the crew too exhausted to talk.
CThey are all about the day's tree planting.
DThey are quiet hours alone in the bunkhouse.
5Frances found out about the planting work
Afrom a few ads she noticed while off work.
Bfrom a story she read on her office laptop.
Cfrom a planting crew she talked with near the harbour.
Dfrom notices pinned up at her accounting office.
6What surprised Frances about getting hired?
Athat the crew leader asked her for references
Bthat lodging at the camp would cost part of her pay
Cthat she had to promise a whole season on the slopes
Dthat the crew asked for so little before hiring her
7Frances finds the work itself
Aboring once she learned the rhythm.
Beasier than her usual accounting job.
Ctiring, with heavy loads to carry all day.
Dmuch like her quiet office work.
8Frances hopes her letter will help Theo create
Aa new item to add to the guide he is writing.
Ba guide to working on a planting crew.
Ca story for a newspaper in a nearby town.
Da piece about the lives of the whole crew.
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