At the Repair Counter

• ○A. He thinks that opening the shop will require months of preparation.
• ○B. He expects his small amount of experience to make the shop successful.
• ○C. He plans to spend most of his time repairing his family's belongings.
• ○D. He expects his neighbors to question his ability to repair things.

Ravi painted REPAIRS on a board and propped it outside his family's garage.Beneath it, he added SAME-DAY SERVICE in smaller letters.He had fixed his own backpack zipper and tightened every loose drawer handle in the house.Now he pictured neighbors lining up with broken belongings, grateful that someone finally knew what to do.Before anyone arrived, he printed twenty numbered claim tickets.

• ○A. He asks his mother to examine each item before he accepts it.
• ○B. He postpones displaying the limits until he finishes his first job.
• ○C. He changes the limits after a neighbor brings an electrical item.
• ○D. He follows the limits when deciding whether to accept an item.

• ○A. When Mr. Velez brought a desk lamp, Ravi pointed to the limits instead of taking it apart.
• ○B. His mother inspected the table.
• ○C. His first accepted job was a folding stool with a loose hinge.
• ○D. He arranged screwdrivers beside a tin of washers and set aside a tray for parts.

• ○A. He is reluctant to let her see his unfinished repair.
• ○B. He wants to protect the stool from other customers.
• ○C. He is preparing to ask her to help with the hinge.
• ○D. He believes the stool needs only a final adjustment.

The stool looked simple until Ravi removed a screw and found that the wood around its hole was split.Tightening the hinge would not solve that.He set the stool behind a storage box when he heard its owner, Ms. Benton, approaching.She asked whether it was ready.Ravi picked up his screwdriver, although there was nothing useful left to tighten.

• ○A. He thinks an explanation will convince her the repair is complete.
• ○B. He expects Ms. Benton to teach him how to repair the stool.
• ○C. He chooses honesty even though he fears losing neighbors' trust.
• ○D. He hopes to persuade Ms. Benton to purchase different furniture.

• ○A. He accepts the folding stool as his first job; he removes a screw from its hinge.
• ○B. He paints a sign for the garage; he arranges screwdrivers beside a tin of washers.
• ○C. Ms. Benton holds an empty shopping bag; she waits beside Ravi's worktable.
• ○D. He explains why the hinge would loosen again; he expects Ms. Benton to warn others about his shop.

• ○A. She believes his honesty makes him worth trusting with another repair.
• ○B. She believes his shop needs more customers before he can buy tools.
• ○C. She wants him to keep the stool while she returns to her shopping.
• ○D. She thinks her second job will show him how to fix the damaged stool.

Instead, Ms. Benton asked whether he could replace the missing pull on her sewing-box drawer.She said, “You told me what was wrong when you could have sent me away with a stool that only looked fixed.”Ravi found a wooden knob in his supplies.He checked that its screw would not poke through the drawer.Ms. Benton waited beside the worktable.

• ○A. He puts repairing familiar objects ahead of learning new skills.
• ○B. He puts improving his sign ahead of explaining repair problems.
• ○C. He puts understanding each job ahead of making quick promises.
• ○D. He puts attracting a crowd ahead of completing careful work.

• ○A. His mother offers to repaint the sign; three neighbors arrive the next Saturday.
• ○B. He decides to examine items before promising deadlines; he reaches for the item rather than the clock.
• ○C. He leaves the crossed-out words visible; two of the items are repaired.
• ○D. A fourth neighbor asks about a deadline; fewer neighbors arrive than he imagined.