QUES: I do n't have high hopes of coming to agreement ... but perhaps moving toward civility would be a good step . The ArtWalk this evening was quiet - the weather was cold and damp and not at all enticing to bring people out onto the streets . I was a little shaken up after the board meeting , and did n't really get to see much . I hung out at the Woodford Gallery for a while and talked with Mary Christopher - I ' m going to start heading down to her studio every few weeks to learn from her .

Question with options: What is the narrator seeking to improve ?
ANS: Their artistic abilities .
QUES: " s so I re - re - re - reminded myself to stick to the basics . House instead of apartment , replacing my 120 K - mile car . I put " travel to a foreign country ( outside of Canada ) " on my sheet , but did n't want to mention that . My number was called .

Question with options: What is the reason I am reminding myself to stick to basics ?
ANS: I need to save more money and only get what is needed .
QUES: So , time for a post , been a while , posting on MS and other places . I was let go from my job last monday , mostly because I was getting cocky and people were tired of it , but I have been there for 10 years and they kinda need me to keep things running so after a week , my boss managed to get the others to keep me on for at least 6 months and then re - evaluate . Meanwhile , I started applying for new jobs right away and found a few that pay a lot more , so things can go either way at this point .

Question with options: What may be a fact about their situation ?
ANS: They needed to find new employment .
QUES: At eight am sharp , the crane arrived . While he set up the rig , I removed the extra tar paper and ice shield underlayments that had been wrapped over the peaks as a temporary rain proofing . Not that we have had any rain lately .

Question with options: What may be a fact about the speaker ?
ANS:
They are a construction worker .