Here's a short story:

"Everything happens for the best,"my mother said whenever I faced disappointment ."If you carry on,one day something good will happen." Mother was right,as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932,I had decided to try for a job in radio,then work my way up to a sports announcer.I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station and got _ every time.In one studio,a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring an inexperienced person."Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance,"she said.I thumbed home to Dixon,Illinois. While there were no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon,my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local sportsman to manage its sports department .Since Dixon was where I had played high school football,I applied.The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn't hired.My mother noticed my disappointment."Everything happens for the best."Mom reminded me.Dad offered me the car to hunt a job.I tried WOC Radio in Davenport,Iowa.The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter Mac Arthur told me they had already hired an announcer. As I left his office,I asked aloud,"How can a guy get to be a sports announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"I was waiting for the lift when I heard Mac Arthur calling,"What did you mean about sports? Do you know anything about football?'' Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to cover an imaginary game.Last autumn,my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run.I did a 15-minute build-up to that play, and Peter told me I would cover Saturday's game! On my way home,I thought of my mother's words:"If you carry on,one day something good will happen." I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I had gotten the job at Montgomery Ward. (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: What were the mother's words of wisdom?
Guess: "Everything happens for the best,"

Question: Where did he hitchhike?
Guess: Chicago

Question: Why?
Guess: try for a job

Question: Did he get one?
Guess: no

Question: Did he try several places?
Guess: yes

Question: Why did the kind lady think this might be the case?
Guess: he was inexperienced

Question: Where did she tell him to go?
Guess: a small station

Question: Where was his hometown?
Guess: Dixon

Question: Did he go back there?
Guess: yes

Question: How?
Guess: thumbed (hitchhiked)\

Question: Was his father supportive?
Guess: yes

Question: Where did he suggest?
Guess: Montgomery Ward

Question: Did he land that position?
Guess: no

Question: Where did he interview in Iowa?
Guess: WOC Radio

Question: Did he get that job?
Guess: no

Question: Why not?
Guess: they had already hired an announcer

Question: What did Mac Arthur ask him to do?
Guess: cover an imaginary game

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Was he rewarded with an opportunity?

yes