Question # 1

Most people are reluctantto throw away anything that looks like a book:

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unwilling

unable

unhappy

unprepared

Horrible bad books, poor ________ books, you are lying there still

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criminal

innocent

culprit

at fault

The lamps threw strong____ across the smooth, hard road.

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Gleams

Lights

signs

spots

But non bookish people are very reluctant to throw away anything that look like a ...........

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Book

Cloth

Shoe

Chair

The implications of my act revealedthemselves.

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Explained

Indicated

Showed

Suggested

I could not consume by useless books leaf by leaf in my small study fire:

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destroy

burn

damage

finish

What about the..........

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ash

splash

Crash

gush

the next thought came like a blaze of terrible blue lightning across my............

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Eyes

Nose

Brain

Forehead

I was not seriously disturbed as I knew that I could bear____

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questioning

discussion

argument

Investigation

The pedestrian was a trump.

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Tourists

Jobless walker

Thief

Robber

It is sometimes difficult to find scaffold for them.

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Store

Rope

gallows

Place

But it is not always easy to.......... books.

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Preserve

save

destroy

store

I strayed up and _________ increasingly fearful of being watched

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down

above

on

below

I __________desperately (without understanding or knowing) for a tricycle.

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Longed

Hoped

Asked

Requested

Books are lying there with only a stray rag, sticking out of the slime into the opaque brown.............

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Tides

Toads

Toasts

Tights

As I walked I thought a little sadly of all those books falling into that cold.

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Ice

snow

torrent

Air

I had come out alone to the river to get rid of a pack of..............

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Prose

Fiction

Drama

Poetry

The last"period" on a Friday, whateer the subject, had its happy____

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meaning

flavour

experience

style

The writer could not consume the books one by one in small study fire.

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Deck

Decorate

Eat

Burn up

I improvised a __________ stuffed the books into in, put it over my shoulder, and went down the stairs into the darkness

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bag

handkerchief

bundle

sack

I could almost hear his gruff, sneering laugh, "You tell that to the ......... my son!"

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Townsmen

Marines

Villagers

Army men

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