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Dear Marguerite,

This has been the strangest, best week of my whole summer, and I have to tell you about it. For the past seven days I have worked as a cook's helper at Loon Narrows Lodge. It is a scatter of cabins on a lake an hour north of Kenora, and you can reach it only by float plane. I signed on for one simple reason: I wanted to do something as far from my usual bookkeeping desk as I could. The plan was not even mine to begin with. A neighbour let slip over the fence that the lodge was one cook short for the season. Once that seed was planted, I was quick to come up with far more reasons to go than to stay.

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1Odette took the job at the lodge mainly
Ato get right away from the kind of work she usually does
Bto earn better pay than her bookkeeping job
Cto add seasonal work to her résumé
Dto gather material for the notebook she keeps
2Before she arrived, the manager told Odette to
Aclean the morning's catch down at the dock
Bget herself some boots and a couple of other things
Csend in references and name a start date
Dpromise to stay for the whole season
3Odette is doing without her phone because
Ashe left it behind at the shop by mistake.
Bthe lodge cabins have no power to charge it.
Cshe prefers writing letters and a notebook by hand.
Dshe wanted to find out whether she could manage without it.
4How does Odette feel about the evenings on the porch?
AThey are an enjoyable way to round off the day.
BThey leave the staff too tired to speak.
CThey are taken up with going over the day's work.
DThey are quiet hours she keeps to herself.
5Odette first learned about the job
Afrom a notice she saw at a shop in town.
Bfrom the lodge manager she telephoned herself.
Cfrom a magazine feature on wilderness lodges.
Dfrom a neighbour's offhand remark over the fence.
6What caught Odette off guard about being hired?
Athat the manager asked to see her references
Bthat her bunk and meals would come out of her pay
Cthat she had to commit to the whole season
Dthat so little was asked of her before she got the job
7Odette finds the work itself
Adull once she had settled into the routine.
Beasier than her usual bookkeeping job.
Ctiring, with long days that leave her worn out.
Dmuch like her quiet days at a desk.
8Odette hopes her letter will help Marguerite create
Aa handbook for people taking work at a lodge.
Ba new entry for the guide she is putting together.
Ca piece for a newspaper in a nearby town.
Dan account of the whole lodge staff's lives.
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