Answer: February.

Answer: 42

The text says 'Its 42 members now staff the front desk...'

Answer: An estimated $140,000 a year.

Answer: It owns the building, pays for electricity and supplies new books through the regional library service.

Answer: Liam Fenech

The text says the club was 'started by Year 10 student Liam Fenech'.

Answer: 6,200 this year compared with 4,700 last year.

Answer: He means the council could not afford everything, so something had to be cut. The short, blunt phrase suggests he feels the decision was forced on him and he would rather not dwell on it.

Answer: It provides balance by showing a possible downside of relying on volunteers. It stops the article from being a simple feel-good story and makes the reader think about whether the arrangement is fair in the long term.

Answer: She agrees that volunteers are not librarians and should not replace them. She disagrees that the group is doing anything wrong; she sees the volunteers as a temporary measure until the council can fund proper staff.

Answer: The handmade sign is a concrete image of the library's uncertain, temporary situation. Ending on 'when we know we're staying' leaves the reader with the unresolved question of the March review, and with sympathy for the volunteers.

Answer: cannot easily leave their homes

'Bound' here means confined; housebound people cannot easily leave the house, often because of age or illness.

Answer: a complete change from a bad situation to a good one

A turnaround is a reversal of fortunes, here from expected closure to rising visitor numbers.

Answer: It implies the decision was criticised or questioned, so he had to justify it.

Model answer: The journalist builds the report around voices that represent different interests. Margaret Osei, quoted first and last, speaks for the volunteers and the community; her detail about kids waiting for the bus and farmers using the internet makes the library feel essential. Mayor Lindqvist represents the council; his quotes, 'one of the hardest the council has made' and 'Something had to give', show the decision as reluctant rather than careless, which stops the reader from seeing the council as a villain. Anita Karan, the union spokesperson, introduces a critical perspective: that volunteers could let councils cut jobs permanently. Placing her view in the middle of the article, directly after the arrangement is explained, makes the reader pause before the positive statistics arrive. Liam Fenech, a student, adds a personal, human example of who benefits. By returning to Ms Osei and the cardboard sign at the end, the journalist leaves the reader sympathetic to the volunteers while still aware that the situation is temporary and contested.