Q1. For the speaker and his friends summer work was a way to<br /> a) escape from family chores<br />
b) active and useful pastime<br />
c) earn for the living<br />
Q2. The three boys decided to go to Wisconsin for the summer work because<br />
a) they could not stand the heat at home any more<br />
b) it was a chance to travel and see the country<br />
c) it was a financially tempting adventure<br />
Q3. Five weeks the boys worked for 15 – 17 hours a day because<br />
a) they decided to compete with professional farmers from the South<br />
b) seasonal harvest necessity required it<br />
c) they wanted to earn as much as possible<br />
Q4. The boys worked in<br />
a) fields, cutting and loading pea vines<br />
b) the factory, processing and canning peas<br />
c) different places doing all sorts of work<br />
Q5. The next summer the boys managed to get a job<br />
a) on several pea canneries, moving from place to place<br />
b) in the same factory, but in a bigger company of friends<br />
c) in a different cannery farther north, but on the same terms<br />
Q6. In two years’ pea picking became<br />
a) the only summer work for teenagers from this southern town<br />
b) a special brand mark among the school students<br />
c) a very risky and challenging way to spend the summer<br />
Q7. Pea – picking developed a unique sense of brother hood among the boys and they <br />
A) still can’t talk of anything else<br />
b) became really interested in agriculture<br />
c) are eager to reflect on that experience years after
