Correct Answer: the plan puts Elena in a role she would find uncomfortable
Passage Reference: What troubles her is spending most of the evening as the subject of praise.
Why this is correct: Priya's main reason for writing is that the plan would make Elena spend most of the evening as the subject of praise. Elena would find that uncomfortable. She still wants to attend and see everyone, so Priya asks for a change to the plan.
Tips: For a main reason question, find the problem that makes the writer ask for a change. Separate the award itself from the uncomfortable public role.
Why the other options are wrong:
- former learners who cannot attend have been overlooked: Missing addresses are a contact problem Elena offers to solve.
- the committee gets too little credit for organizing: Priya never asks the event to praise the organizing committee.
- Elena has refused the award the committee planned: Priya keeps the award. Elena objects to long attention on herself.
Correct Answer: offered to help locate people from the program
Passage Reference: She even offered to contact several people whose addresses we no longer have
Why this is correct: Elena will contact former participants, showing she wants to reconnect.
Tips: Find the action Elena takes to bring people together.
Why the other options are wrong:
- asked volunteers to redesign the invitations: Priya suggests changing the plan. Elena did not.
- agreed to give a long speech about her leadership: The long speech is the burdensome role she dislikes.
- wanted the group photo shown in the ceremony: Priya proposes giving the photograph privately.
Correct Answer: Elena's leadership history to the learners' progress
Passage Reference: participant milestones rather than a timeline of her leadership
Why this is correct: Elena prefers participant milestones instead of a timeline of her leadership.
Tips: Identify the original display subject and its replacement.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the tutors' methods to Elena's retirement plans: Neither teaching methods nor retirement plans are display subjects.
- the evening's guests to future library programs: The passage discusses existing participants and results.
- the learners' certificates to the volunteers' service: The change gives learners more attention, not less.
Correct Answer: Elena would feel obliged to perform under attention
Passage Reference: would feel like another assignment to complete while people watched
Why this is correct: A long speech about herself would feel like work she must do while being watched.
Tips: Read the assignment comparison as a clue to feeling.
Why the other options are wrong:
- former learners should help write Elena's speech: Learners will present certificates, not write her speech.
- Elena thinks she must teach a final literacy class: The comparison describes her feeling. No final class is planned.
- Elena needs more time to prepare an accurate history: Her concern is the role itself, not preparation time.
Correct Answer: stay meaningful but take less of the public program
Passage Reference: We could present it briefly near the end
Why this is correct: Priya keeps the award but wants only a brief public presentation.
Tips: Track both continued honour and reduced prominence.
Why the other options are wrong:
- recognize the committee's planning as well as Elena: The award recognizes Elena's steady work.
- wait until Elena agrees to address the audience: The award has no speech condition.
- be replaced by certificates for former learners: Certificates are added. The award is not cancelled.
Correct Answer: Elena shared preferences but did not order changes
Passage Reference: Elena did not ask me to redesign the evening
Why this is correct: Priya developed the redesign from Elena's feelings, not from a formal request.
Tips: Separate Elena's preferences from Priya's proposed action.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Priya is unsure whether an award was originally planned: The award is clearly part of the original plan.
- Priya has not confirmed the learners earned certificates: The certificates are stated as facts.
- Elena may change her mind after seeing invitations: Priya wants discussion before printing.
Correct Answer: a wish to leave the library community behind
Passage Reference: her hesitation is not about attending or reconnecting with the library community
Why this is correct: Elena dislikes praise but actively wants to reconnect with program members.
Tips: Use Elena's effort to contact people to see what she does not reject.
Why the other options are wrong:
- concern that the award is too informal: Her concern is prolonged personal attention.
- an objection to the committee meeting tomorrow: Elena expresses no view about that meeting.
- doubt about the learners' accomplishments: She wants learner milestones and certificates featured.
Correct Answer: become the evening's main public speaker
Passage Reference: a fifteen-minute speech about her own contribution would feel like another assignment
Why this is correct: The revision removes the long, visible speaking burden while keeping a short welcome.
Tips: Keep the small role Elena accepts. Remove the larger one.
Why the other options are wrong:
- accept any recognition of her work: The revised plan keeps the award.
- contact guests whose details are missing: Elena volunteers for this task.
- introduce people who completed the program: Elena is willing to introduce them.
Correct Answer: present the certificates they have earned
Passage Reference: two former learners can present their new job certificates
Why this is correct: The learners can show the outcomes Elena wants emphasized.
Tips: Connect the learners to the achievement they can show.
Why the other options are wrong:
- explain why the invitations changed: Their role concerns certificates, not invitations.
- summarize Elena's years of leadership: That would restore the leadership focus being removed.
- give Elena the award in private: The award stays public and brief. It is the photograph that is private.
Correct Answer: a personal expression of thanks
Passage Reference: give her the framed group photograph privately afterward
Why this is correct: The private photograph offers warm recognition without another public performance.
Tips: Consider what privacy changes about receiving the gift.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a record of the committee's decisions: The photograph records people, not planning decisions.
- a substitute for recognizing Elena's service: The formal award remains.
- an opportunity for a longer farewell speech: A private gift creates no new speech.
Correct Answer: our response to what we understood, rather than Elena's demands
Passage Reference: treat this as my interpretation, not a list of demands from her
Why this is correct: Mateo will own the proposal because Elena shared feelings but made no formal request.
Tips: Keep the idea's owner separate from whose feelings inspired it.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a temporary plan until Elena prepares her own speech: The long speech is removed because it burdens her.
- the former learners' alternative to receiving certificates: The learners present certificates.
- a condition Elena set before agreeing to attend: Elena looks forward to attending and set no condition.
