Section IX: Reading Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test Read the selection below and answer the questions that follow it.
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Amy followed her co-worker into the lunchroom. "Stop worrying. You can't lose your job."
She walked over to the staff bulletin board. "Look,
it says so right here in this brochure about the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Any worker
can say no to work i f 'the physical condition o f the workplace or the part thereof in which he or she works or is to work is likely to endanger him or her.'"
"And what exactly does that mean in everyday language?" asked Joe.
"It means that any worker has the right to refuse unsafe work. The shift supervisor asked you to clean the equipment with solvent in an unventilated space. That storeroom doesn't even have a window to open. If you had obeyed her, you would have breathed harmful