Listen to the track and answer questions 1 – 7 given by choosing A, B, or C. Q1. For the speaker and his friends summer work was a way to
a) escape from family chores
b) active and useful pastime
c) earn for the living
Q2. The three boys decided to go to Wisconsin for the summer work because
a) they could not stand the heat at home any more
b) it was a chance to travel and see the country
c) it was a financially tempting adventure
Q3. Five weeks the boys worked for 15 – 17 hours a day because
a) they decided to compete with professional farmers from the South
b) seasonal harvest necessity required it
c) they wanted to earn as much as possible
Q4. The boys worked in
a) fields, cutting and loading pea vines
b) the factory, processing and canning peas
c) different places doing all sorts of work
Q5. The next summer the boys managed to get a job
a) on several pea canneries, moving from place to place
b) in the same factory, but in a bigger company of friends
c) in a different cannery farther north, but on the same terms
Q6. In two years’ pea picking became
a) the only summer work for teenagers from this southern town
b) a special brand mark among the school students
c) a very risky and challenging way to spend the summer
Q7. Pea – picking developed a unique sense of brother hood among the boys and they
A) still can’t talk of anything else
b) became really interested in agriculture
c) are eager to reflect on that experience years after