I. True or false

1. Frank only worked six hours.

2. He stopped frequently to rest.

3. Long hours were not unusual for him.

4. He couldn't see very well.

5. Frank was proud of being strong.

6. His heart stopped beating.

7. He finally sat down on the floor.

8. He couldn't breathe so he closed his eyes.

9. He wondered if he were having a heart attack.

10. He called someone to help him.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Circle the words that best complete the sentence.

1. Frank began work at (five, six, seven) a.m.

2. He stopped to (rest, sleep, eat) for ten minutes.

3. He hoped that he wasn't going to (fall, faint, fret).

4. He began to (try, have, feel) a little (dizzy, dumb, devoted).

5. A cold (chill, sensation, sweat) had broken out all (over, under, through) his body.

6. Some of the dizziness (stopped, seemed, left) to diminish.

7. He (started, implied, tried) to breathe deeply to (get, force, inhale) more air into his (mouth, throat, lungs).

8. He looked (up, over, around) and saw that Joe Brainerd was (quickly, still, late) working.

9. "I'll be (soon, rapidly, right) there!"

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. had worked ____________________

2. ____________________ for ten minutes

3. ____________________ of work

4. exhausted than ____________________

5. ____________________ impaired

6. able to ____________________

7. ____________________ than normal

8. for a ____________________

9. ____________________ he felt

10. called ____________________

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. How long had Frank worked?

2. Why did he sit down?

3. Where did he sit down?

4. Why did he try to breathe deeply?

5. Whom did he call?

Episode 15

I. True or false

1. Lee Mason had an idea about his boss.

2. He needed more money.

3. He has a family.

4. His wife wanted to buy a new car.

5. Their washing machine is not working well.

6. They had had low fuel bills.

7. Lee needed new clothes.

8. He had made up his mind to act.

9. He knocked on Mr. Rossiter's door.

II. QUICK REVIEW: Circle the words that best complete the sentence.

1. In the (front, back, top) of his mind. Lee Mason had an idea.

2. He had never (wanted, thought, had) courage enough before.

3. With the (pressing, pleasing, passing) needs of his family and the increasing (institution, inflation, insulation), he needed more money.

4. His wife had (talked, mentioned, spoken) to him that morning about the (time, problem, perplexity) she was having with the washing machine.

5. His wife certainly (demanded, decided, deserved) to have a new dress or (two, so, for).

6. The price of food (soared, sensed, seemed) to go up everyday.

7. He could no longer wait for a (upper, start, raise) in salary (if, whenever, however) Mr. Rossiter decided to give him (some, any, one).

8. The plan he (did, has, had) formulated seemed perfect (to, by, for) him.

9. He took a deep (sigh, breath, air), raised his hand, and (knocked, beat, rapped) firmly on Mr. Rossiter's (outer, inner, office) door.

III. CLOSE ATTENTION: Write the word that immediately precedes or follows the words below to fill in the blanks.

1. about the best ____________________

2. ____________________ needed new

3. could no ____________________

4. ____________________ bills

5. ____________________ the winter

6. a raise in ____________________

7. but now ____________________

8. ____________________ to take care

9. him that ____________________

10. ____________________ with the washing

11. looked as ____________________

12. had made ____________________

13. ____________________ said

IV. RECALL: Answer the following questions based on what you remember.

1. Who is Mr. Rossiter?

2. What is increasing?

3. What problem was Mrs. Mason having?'

4. What did the children need?

5. What seemed to go up everyday?

6. What had Lee formulated?