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Each item contains 7 lines of text. In the middle of each line is a gap (a blank line). Which word fits in all of the gaps in each set? Use the drop-down menu to make your choice. If you choose an incorrect word, it will appear next to the drop-down list. Keep trying until you choose the right word. When you finish the quiz, you will see your score. Click START OVER to try the quiz again.
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word/phrase fits all the gaps in each set? (Corpus=corpus_awl.txt )
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[001] m, stirring in their chests like a laugh or a growl, _____ eager
[002] eager _____ an animal to be out. I heard Pa cursing all the way
[003] saw him heaving it again, the dirty sock popping out _____ it flew. It should have been nearly
[004] it flew. It should have been nearly _____ easy for her to remember that
[005] easy for her to remember that _____ it was for Big Hans to remember going after the axe
[006] id a word while Big Hans and I had hunted and hunted _____ we always did all winter, every winter since the spr
[007] ess about them, which, once established by an artist _____ his private vision, is no longer disputable
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[001] Hans up tight. I was ready to jump but when Ma said _____ 'd get the whisky it surprised him like it surprised
[002] e. Not for years. The first thing every morning when _____ washed her face
[003] washed her face _____ could see the scar on her chin where he'd cut her wi
[004] chin where he'd cut her with a boot cleat, and maybe _____ saw him heaving it again, the dirty sock popping out
[005] on the porch. I don't know where Ma went. I thought _____ 'd gone upstairs and expected to hear
[006] 'd gone upstairs and expected to hear _____ had.
[007] had. _____ had surprised Hans like
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[001] d man when he was sleeping it off. Not any more. Not _____ years. The first thing every morning when she washed
[002] g out as it flew. It should have been nearly as easy _____ her to remember that as it was
[003] her to remember that as it was _____ Big Hans to remember going after the axe while he wa
[004] do something big, something heroic even, especially _____ her ... I know him ... I know him ... we felt the sa
[005] in the privy and found the first one. Pa had a knack _____ hiding. He knew we were looking and he enjoyed it. B
[006] ling Hans and me took doing. But he didn't figure Ma _____ much. He didn't figure her at all, and if he found o
[007] don't he"? "Not where he's froze good. Heat's bad _____ frostbite. That's why I only put towels on his chest
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[001] ver the kid's chest and stomach. He was rubbing snow _____ the kid's legs and feet. Water from the snow and wat
[002] say? Did you get the whisky"? "He said a fat hell _____ Big Hans". "Don't be smart. Did you ask him about
[003] y"? "Yeah". "Well"? "He said a fat hell _____ Big Hans". "Don't be smart. What's he going to do
[004] don't care, and I don't care to have his shit flung _____ me. He don't care about anybody. All he cares about
[005] ning when she washed her face she could see the scar _____ her chin where he'd cut her with a boot cleat, and m
[006] ow", I said. I took the pail and shovel and went out _____ the porch. I don't know where Ma went. I thought she
[007] he was there with a bottle with three white feathers _____ its label and Hans was holding it angrily by the thr
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[001] kid". "Jorge". "Well he don't. He don't care _____ all, and I don't care to get my head busted neither.
[002] at's what he wants. He don't care about nothing else _____ all. Nothing. Not Pedersen's kid neither. That cock.
[003] ut in the drawer and holding the bottle like a snake _____ the length of his arm. He was awful angry because he
[004] me sometimes ... while Ma wasn't thinking about that _____ all, not anything like that. There was no way of get
[005] way of getting even. It wasn't like getting cheated _____ the fair. They were always trying so you got to expe
[006] t he didn't figure Ma for much. He didn't figure her _____ all, and if he found out ... a woman ... it'd be bad
[007] him and I hoped Ma would do it but she kept looking _____ the kid's clothes piled on the floor and the pool of
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[001] ed his pot over the banister. Pa'd been shit-sick in _____ pot. Hans got an axe. He didn't even bother to wipe
[002] door down before he stopped. He might not have gone _____ far if Pa hadn't been locked in laughing fit to shak
[003] dn't been locked in laughing fit to shake the house. _____ pot put Pa in an awful good humor whenever he though
[004] "Go back to sleep most likely". "You'd best get _____ whisky". "You go. Take the axe. Pa's scared to he
[005] nt the kid to die? Do you? Well, get your pa and get _____ whisky". "Pa don't care about the kid". "Jor
[006] about anybody. All he cares about is his whisky and _____ dry crack in his face. Get pig-drunk-
[007] dry crack in his face. Get pig-drunk- _____ 's what he wants. He don't care about nothing else at
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[001] d part of Pa's door down before he stopped. He might _____ have gone that far if Pa hadn't been locked in laugh
[002] s. He don't care about nothing else at all. Nothing. _____ Pedersen's kid neither. That cock.
[003] Pedersen's kid neither. That cock. _____ the kid neither". "I'll get the spirits", Ma said
[004] went near the old man when he was sleeping it off. _____ any more.
[005] any more. _____ for years. The first thing every morning when she wa
[006] imes ... while Ma wasn't thinking about that at all, _____ anything like that. There was no way of getting even
[007] going to put more towels on him"? "No". "Why _____ ? That's what he needs, something warm to his skin, d
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[001] Pa in an awful good humor whenever he thought of it. _____ always felt the memory was present in both of them,
[002] a laugh or a growl, as eager as an animal to be out. _____ heard Pa cursing all the way downstairs. Hans h
[003] p"? "What about your pa"? "He was awake when _____ left". "What'd he say? Did you get the whisky"?
[004] 's scared to hell of axes". "Listen to me, Jorge, _____ 've had enough to your sassing. This kid's froze bad.
[005] had enough to your sassing. This kid's froze bad. If _____ don't get some whisky down him he might die. You wan
[006] Jorge". "Well he don't. He don't care at all, and _____ don't care to get my head busted neither. He don't c
[007] re to get my head busted neither. He don't care, and _____ don't care to have his shit flung on me. He don't ca
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[001] he could see the scar on her chin where he'd cut her _____ a boot cleat, and maybe she saw him heaving it again
[002] ber going after the axe while he was still spattered _____ Pa's yellow sick insides. "No you won't", Big Han
[003] us would have had to go instead. Hans rubbed the kid _____ more snow ... rubbed ... rubbed. "I'll get more
[004] so quick like she must have, because when I came in _____ the snow she was there
[005] the snow she was there _____ a bottle
[006] a bottle _____ three white feathers on its label and Hans was holdi
[007] oe in the kid's clothes. "What are we going to do _____ these"? Big Hans began pouring whisky in the kid'