Question

He (1) _________(take) the bowl between his shaking hands and he went to the other basket. There, while the vendor (2) _______ (watch) , the old man (3) _______ (pull) aside the quilt until one could see the shrunken face of a small boy lying with his eyes closed. One (4) _____ ( will) have said the child is dead except that when the old man (5) ______ ( lift) his head so his mouth (6) _____ ( can) touch the edge of the little bowl he (7) _____ ( begin) to swallow feebly until the hot mixture was finished. The old man (8) ______ (keep) murmuring to him.

Answer 1

He took the bowl between his shaking hands and he went to the other basket. There, while the vendor watched, the old man pulled aside from the quilt until one could see the shrunken face of a small boy lying with his eyes closed. One would have said the child is dead except that when the old man lifted his head so his mouth could touch the edge of the little bowl he began to swallow feebly until the hot mixture was finished. The old man kept murmuring to him.