Tips: Focus on the main topic at the start of the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Whether to hold the gala again next year.: The event already happened. The decision concerns its proceeds, not whether to hold it again next year.
• Whether to invite more sponsors for the next event.: No future sponsor selection is proposed. The alternatives are destinations for the money already raised.
• How to reduce the cost of organising future galas.: The discussion considers food security and youth arts as beneficiaries, not how to reduce the cost of future galas.

Correct Answer: The local food bank, because demand spikes after Christmas.

Why this is correct: The person on the left wants most of the money to go to the local food bank because demand rises after Christmas in the harsh winter.

Tips: Notice who speaks strongly and often about one idea.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The youth arts programme at the Cultural Centre.: Youth arts is the person on the right's additional cause, not the person on the left's main preference.
• Scholarships for students in Saskatchewan.: Scholarships are not proposed.
• A new community recreation centre.: A new recreation centre is not proposed.

Correct Answer: Supporting the youth arts programme at the Moose Jaw Cultural Centre, which lost municipal funding.

Why this is correct: The person on the right hopes to support youth arts at the Cultural Centre as well as food relief, because municipal funding was reduced and classes are at risk.

Tips: Track the additional cause without confusing it with the main preference.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Saving the money in a reserve fund for emergencies.: An emergency reserve is not suggested.
• Using all the money to fund next year's gala.: Using everything for the next gala is not suggested.
• Donating the proceeds to a national charity instead.: A national charity is not suggested.

Correct Answer: They were more than expected.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre reports that the gala did better than expected and produced a positive result for the community.

Tips: Separate the fundraising outcome from the later allocation proposal.

Why the other options are wrong:

• They were less than expected.: The result exceeded expectations rather than falling short.
• They exactly met the expected target.: The result was better than expected, not exactly on target.
• They have not yet been counted.: The numbers are already in, so the proceeds have been counted.

Correct Answer: It had to turn families away last winter, and people need help now.

Why this is correct: The person on the left recalls families being turned away last winter and stresses that they need help now, not next month.

Tips: Listen to how the speaker explains their preference.

Why the other options are wrong:

• The food bank refuses to accept any partial donation.: Refusal of a partial donation is not reported.
• A different community project needs the money instead.: The person on the left does not propose a different project.
• The arts programme does not need any funding.: The person on the left does not claim that youth arts has no funding need.

Correct Answer: Sixty per cent.

Why this is correct: The numerical proposal gives sixty per cent to the food bank and forty per cent to the youth arts programme. Sixty forty was only an early idea. The discussion ends without accepting a final allocation.

Tips: Distinguish a proposed percentage from a minimum requirement or a final allocation.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Fifty per cent.: They never agree on equal shares. The proposed food-bank share is sixty per cent, not fifty.
• Ninety per cent.: Ninety per cent is not proposed.
• Seventy-five per cent.: Seventy-five per cent is not proposed or required.

Correct Answer: Pick up the discussion next time.

Why this is correct: The person on the left proposes picking up the discussion next time. There is no accepted seventy-five/twenty-five allocation in the available ending.

Tips: Future tense often shows next steps.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Report a finalized seventy-five/twenty-five split immediately.: No exact ratio is assigned for immediate reporting.
• Transfer all funds to the food bank immediately.: Immediate transfer is not announced.
• Wait for the Cultural Centre to confirm that it needs no further funding.: Waiting for the Cultural Centre to confirm that it needs no money is not proposed.

Correct Answer: Facilitates discussion and asks about a possible split.

Why this is correct: The person in the centre frames the two options, asks about other priorities and seeks the person on the left's view on a possible split. This facilitates consideration without proving a final compromise.

Tips: Think about all of this speaker's turns, not just one of them.

Why the other options are wrong:

• Proposes a third cause that the others reject.: The person in the centre asks whether there is another priority but does not propose a third cause.
• Refuses to support either option and abstains.: The person in the centre considers both sides rather than abstaining.
• Strongly opposes giving any money to the arts programme.: The person in the centre does not oppose all arts support.