Sentence 1: Maria needed a job to earn pocket money. 
 Sentence 3: Then she heard that a local hotel was looking for maids 
 Sentence 4:  Maria asked if they would hire her at her young age 
 Sentence 5:  She was overjoyed when they agreed to hire her right away! 
 Option 1: She got a paper route. 
 Option 2: But she wasn't sure where she could work at age 16.