Chapter 2 - Cloze Deletion

Question 1

The older boys agreed; but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than __________ assurance.

Answer 1

rational

Question 2

His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous __________.

Answer 2

recrimination

Question 3

The noise of the __________ assembly faded up the mountain.

Answer 3

errant

Question 4

By now they were listening to the __________.

Answer 4

tirade

Question 5

Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless __________ of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar.

Answer 5

ebullience

Question 6

Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the __________ of ages.

Answer 6

abyss

Question 7

There was pushing and pulling and __________ cries.

Answer 7

officious

Question 8

Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, stained by all the __________ of a day’s hunting.

Answer 8

vicissitudes

Question 9

His voice lifted into the whine of __________ recrimination.

Answer 9

virtuous

Question 10

Simon’s __________ face appeared in the hole.

Answer 10

contrite