What is the passage mainly about?

How a boy slowly earns a place in a repair shop (The passage moves from one free repair to weekly visits to a key of his own. The subject is the boy earning his place.)

What did Nadia ask the boy to do instead of paying?

Sweep the back room (After patching the tire, she asked him to sweep the back room, and he swept it twice.)

What does giving the boy a key most likely mean?

She trusts him to open the shop on his own. (The next morning he arrives earlier and turns on the lights himself. The key lets him open the shop, which shows trust.)

In this passage, clumsy describes someone who

moves without skill or control (It is contrasted with hands that grew patient after practice, so clumsy means awkward and unskilled at first.)

The Bicycle Shop: Level 2 Reading Comprehension Questions

Nadia opened the bicycle shop at eight, though few people came before noon. The shop smelled of rubber and oil. Along one wall hung wheels of every size, like a row of thin moons.

A boy came in with a flat tire and no money. He put the bicycle on the rack and looked at the floor. Nadia found the hole, patched it, and pumped the tire hard. Then she asked him to sweep the back room. He swept it twice.

After that, the boy returned every Saturday. He learned to straighten a bent wheel and to tighten a loose chain. He was clumsy at first, but his hands grew patient.

In the spring, Nadia gave him a key. She did not explain it, and he did not ask. He simply arrived earlier the next morning and turned on the lights himself.

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