Correct Answer: how the market can grow without jamming nearby streets
Passage Reference: I have mixed feelings about the plan now before council to add more market days
Why this is correct: The writer loves the market but worries about cars on nearby streets. Every speaker talks about adding market days while keeping the streets clear.
Tips: Look at the end of the first paragraph for the plan before council and the writer’s mixed feelings. The right choice holds both sides.
Why the other options are wrong:
- whether the market should move to a mall parking lot: Nobody suggests moving the market. The plan is to add days in the same square.
- why farm prices are higher than store prices: Paying a little more for peaches is mentioned, but price differences with stores are never discussed.
- whether vendors should pay higher stall rents: Stall rents are never debated. Rourke talks about permit fees paying for cones and wardens.
Correct Answer: Gideon Sutherland
Passage Reference: warns that cars which cannot find a spot already block the fire lanes behind the older brick houses on market mornings
Why this is correct: Gideon Sutherland warns that cars which cannot find a spot already block the fire lanes behind the older houses on market mornings.
Tips: Read each speaker’s lines and look for the verb “warns”. Then check what that person says cars are already doing.
Why the other options are wrong:
- Colette Rourke: Colette Rourke wants more market days and talks about wardens and cones, not about blocked fire lanes.
- Abena Iqbal: Abena Iqbal talks about seniors and drop-off spots, not about fire lanes.
- Levi Kaminski: Levi Kaminski talks about the empty bus loop and shuttle signs, not about cars blocking fire lanes.
Correct Answer: a count of growers waiting for a stall
Passage Reference: She says more than thirty growers are on a waiting list for a stall.
Why this is correct: Rourke wants more market days, and she says more than thirty growers are on a waiting list for a stall. A count like this would support her case.
Tips: First find Rourke’s reasons for more market days. Then pick the evidence that matches a number she gives.
Why the other options are wrong:
- photos of cars blocking a fire lane: Photos of blocked fire lanes would support Sutherland’s warning, not Rourke’s push for more days.
- complaints about noise from early set-up: Noise is never mentioned, and complaints would not help the case for more market days.
- a study showing seniors prefer big stores: Iqbal says seniors rely on the market. So a study saying they prefer big stores goes against the passage and would not help Rourke.
Correct Answer: accessible drop-off spots would be marked first
Passage Reference: only if accessible drop-off spots are marked near the square before the crowds get bigger
Why this is correct: Iqbal supports more market days only if accessible drop-off spots are marked near the square before the crowds get bigger.
Tips: Iqbal supports more days “only if” something happens. Read what must be done and when.
Why the other options are wrong:
- seniors would shop only on weekday mornings: Iqbal never asks seniors to change their shopping days. She wants drop-off spots marked.
- every stall would offer home delivery: Home delivery is never mentioned. Iqbal asks for drop-off spots and benches.
- parking on the square would become free: Iqbal asks for marked drop-off spots, not free parking for everyone.
Correct Answer: fond but practical
Passage Reference: I love our Saturday farmers’ market more than almost anything about this town ... the tow-away zones must be in place first
Why this is correct: The writer clearly loves the market, which is fond. But the writer also insists that tow-away zones must be in place first, which is practical.
Tips: Tone comes from how the writer talks about the market and about the plan. Read the first and last paragraphs closely.
Why the other options are wrong:
- bitter and resentful: The writer is annoyed by bad parking but not bitter, and ends looking forward to a busier square.
- cold and technical: The post talks warmly about peaches, cheese and bread, so the tone is not cold.
- carefree and dreamy: The writer thinks carefully about fire lanes and wardens, so the tone is not carefree.
Correct Answer: a rained-out Saturday can waste a grower’s crop
Passage Reference: When rain hits the only Saturday a grower has, that week’s lettuce goes straight to the compost
Why this is correct: Rourke told council that when rain hits a grower’s only Saturday, that week’s lettuce goes to the compost. In other words, one rainy Saturday can waste a grower’s crop.
Tips: The comment names Rourke, so go to her quote to council. The right choice says the same idea more simply.
Why the other options are wrong:
- most vendors would rather sell on weekdays: Rourke wants more Sunday and Friday evening markets. She never says vendors prefer weekdays.
- rainy Saturdays bring in the biggest crowds: Rourke says rain ruins a grower’s week, which does not fit big crowds on rainy days.
- growers can store unsold produce for weeks: Rourke says unsold lettuce goes to the compost, so it cannot be stored for weeks.
Correct Answer: permit fees could cover a pair of wardens
Passage Reference: permit fees could cover orange cones and a pair of paid wardens to direct traffic
Why this is correct: Rourke argues that permit fees could cover orange cones and a pair of paid wardens to direct traffic. That way, property taxes would not rise.
Tips: Rourke has another idea about money at the end of her lines. Read what that money would pay for.
Why the other options are wrong:
- the town should hire ten police officers: Rourke talks about a pair of paid wardens, not ten police officers.
- vendors should pay for a parking garage: No parking garage is mentioned. Permit fees would pay for cones and wardens.
- shoppers should pay a small entry fee: Rourke never suggests charging shoppers to enter. The money would come from permit fees.
Correct Answer: tow-away zones that are enforced
Passage Reference: he wants tow-away zones enforced before the market adds a single new tent
Why this is correct: Sutherland, who leads the residents’ association, wants tow-away zones enforced before the market adds a single new tent.
Tips: The comment calls him the residents’ association lead. Find what he wants done before the market grows.
Why the other options are wrong:
- a ban on all Sunday markets: Sutherland likes local food and never asks to ban Sunday markets.
- free parking passes for visitors: Sutherland wants cars towed from the wrong places, not free passes for visitors.
- a new market site outside town: Sutherland never suggests moving the market. He wants tow-away zones enforced.
Correct Answer: the bus loop by the arena is nearly empty on Sundays
Passage Reference: the bus loop beside the arena sits almost empty on Sundays
Why this is correct: Kaminski points out that the bus loop beside the arena sits almost empty on Sundays while the square is packed.
Tips: The comment names Kaminski, so go to his lines in the last paragraph. Look at what he points out.
Why the other options are wrong:
- buses do not run on Sunday mornings: Kaminski says the loop is nearly empty on Sundays, not that buses stop running.
- the bus loop is too far from the square: Kaminski thinks shoppers could be steered to the loop, so he does not say it is too far away.
- most shoppers already arrive by bus: If most shoppers came by bus, the loop would not be almost empty on Sundays.
Correct Answer: shops each week with a folding cart
Passage Reference: I walk over with my folding cart every week
Why this is correct: In the first paragraph, the writer says, “I walk over with my folding cart every week.”
Tips: The comment is about the writer’s own habit. Look at the second sentence of the post.
Why the other options are wrong:
- drives to the square early every Sunday: The writer walks over with a cart, and the market runs on Saturdays now, not Sundays.
- sells jam from a stall on Saturdays: The writer buys food at the market and does not sell anything there.
- hands out parking tickets on busy days: The writer is a shopper who lives nearby, not someone who writes parking tickets.
