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Put the verb in brackets in the right form: And the reverse was not (to wear)

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: And then his face fell a little further. "Doc," he said, "on a business deal like this, would you advance two or three bucks for gasoline? I know Lee Chong won't (to give) us gas." "No," said Doc. He had fallen into this before. Once he had financed Gay to go for turtles

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: And they very nearly made it. The radiator boiled, of course, but most Model T experts believed that it wasn't (to work) well if it wasn't boiling

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: City hunters (to go) out for sport load themselves with food and liquor, but not Mack

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Doc went to the labeling desk and wrote a note to Red Williams at the gas station, (to authorize) the issue of ten gallons of gasoline to Mack. "Here you are," he said

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: For there are men who (can) look, listen, tap, make an adjustment, and a machine works. Indeed there are men near whom a car runs better

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Good," said Doc. "I'll take all you (to get) but I need about three hundred."

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: He knew it wouldn't (to work), the band was worn too thin

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: He used it for five years and sold it to an insurance man (to name) Rattle

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: He was a pedal rider too and the bands had to be (to change) often

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: His name was Francis Almones and he had a sad life, for he always made just a fraction less than he (to need) to live

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Mack wasted no time in sparring. "Lee," he said, "Doc over there's got a problem. He's got a big order for frogs from the New York Museum. (to mean) a lot to Doc. Besides the dough there's a lot of credit getting an order like that.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Mrs. Lee was (to cut) bacon on the big butcher's block. A Lee cousin primped up slightly wilted heads of lettuce the way a girl primps a loose finger wave. A cat lay asleep on a big pile of oranges. Lee Chong stood in his usual place back of the cigar counter and in front of the liquor shelves. His tapping finger on the change mat speeded up a little when Mack came in.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Probably any one of the boys from the Palace Flophouse could (to have) made the truck run, for they were all competent practical mechanics, but Gay was an inspired mechanic

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The doctor himself had to stand the expense of the leaden box which went into the coffin of Josh Billings. For Monterey was not a town to let dishonor (to come) to a literary man.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The equipment of the expedition (to be) slight: some long-handled frog nets and some gunny sacks

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The fenders (to be) broken and bent

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The men in the bar were silent. And the same thought went through all their minds. Josh Billings was a great man, a great writer. He had (to honor) Monterey by dying there and he had been degraded.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There (to be) no term comparable to green thumbs to apply to such a mechanic, but there should be

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There Mr. Carriaga told his story again and he had just finished when the constable came into the Adobe. He should know if anyone (to have) died. "No one died in Monterey," he said. "But Josh Billings died out at the Hotel del Monte."

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There would be the time when they would (to go) up Carmel Hill and down into the Valley, a good four miles on a main highway, exposed to any passing cop until they turned up the fairly unfrequented Carmel Valley road

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: They made him (to dress) quickly then and they hurried down to the beach. If the little boy had gone quickly about his business, it would have been too late. He was just getting into a boat when the committee arrived.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: This staggered Mack for a moment but he recovered. He spread the order for gasoline on the cigar counter. "Look!" he said. "Doc needs them frogs. He give me this order for gas to get them. I can't let Doc down. Now Gay is a good mechanic. If he fixes your truck and (to put) it in good shape, will you let us take it?"

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Two loaves of bread and what was left of Eddie's wining jug (to be) all the supply

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: When Mr. Rattle embezzled a client's money and ran away to San Jose, he was (to catch) with a high-hair blonde and sent up within ten days

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: With all their alacrity, it was afternoon when they got (to start)

Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: At 5 p.m. the reception room was ___ except for the secretary, who gave him a twinkly smile that ignored Morrison’s pallor and disheveled appearance. “Mr. Donatti?” she said into the intercom. “Mr. Morrison to see you.” She nodded to Morrison. “Go right in.”

Donatti was waiting outside the unmarked room with a man who was wearing a ‘smile’ sweatshirt and carrying a .38. He was built like an ape

Find the three answers that best correspond to the original version of the novel: “Listen,” Morrison said to Donatti. “We can work something out, can’t we? I’ll pay you. I’ll – ”

“Shaddup,” the man in the ‘smile’ sweatshirt said.

“It’s good to see you,” Donatti said. “Sorry it has to be under such adverse circumstances. Will you come with me? We’ll make this as brief as possible. I can assure you your wife won’t be hurt ... this time.”

Morrison tensed himself to leap at Donatti.

“Come, come,” Donatti said, looking ___ “If you do that, Junk here is going to pistol-whip you and your wife is still going to get it. Now where’s the percentage in that?”

“I hope you rot in hell,” he told Donatti

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: A heavy client. Bills six million. I’m (to suppose) to hold his hand because we lost out on a big special next spring.”

“Are you still with Crager and Barton?”

“Executive veep now.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: For a moment he thought Jimmy McCann looked almost grim. “Yes. A little too much, in fact. But I took it off again. I’m about right now. I (to be) skinny before.”

“Flight 206 now boarding at Gate 9,” the loudspeaker announced.

“That’s me,” McCann said, getting up. He tossed a five on the bar. “Have another, if you like

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: In college he had been a thin, pallid chain smoker buried behind huge horn-rimmed glasses. He had apparently (to switch) to contact lenses.

“Dick Morrison?”

“Yeah. You look great.” He extended his hand and they shook.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Morrison nodded in perfect understanding. Nonsmokers could afford to be smug. He looked at his own cigarette with distaste and stubbed it out, knowing he would be (to light) another in five minutes.

“Did you quit?” he asked.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Morrison was waiting for someone who was hung up in the air traffic jam over Kennedy International when he saw a familiar face at the end of the bar and walked down. “Jimmy? Jimmy McCann?”

It was. A little heavier than when Morrison had seen him at the Atlanta Exhibition the year before, but otherwise he (to look) awesomely fit.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: My God, Morrison thought with an inner wince. Jimmy McCann’s got religion.

“Sure,” he said, and gulped at his drink when it came. “I wasn’t in very good shape,” McCann said. “Personal problems with Sharon, my dad died – heart attack – and I’d (to develop) this hacking cough. Bobby Crager dropped by my office one day and gave me a fatherly little pep talk. Do you remember what those are like?”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Bourbon and bitters,” Morrison said. He hooked his feet around a bar stool and lighted a cigarette. “(to meet) someone, Jimmy?”

“No. Going to Miami for a conference

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Fantastic! Congratulations! When did all this happen?” He tried to tell himself that the little worm of jealousy in his stomach was just acid indigestion. He pulled out a roll of antacid pills and

(to crunch) one in his mouth.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Fantastic! Congratulations! When did all this happen?” He tried to tell himself that the little worm of jealousy in his stomach was just acid indigestion. He pulled out a roll of antacid pills and crunched one in his mouth.

“Last August. Something (to happen) that changed my life.” He looked speculatively at Morrison and sipped his drink. “You might be interested.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Wait a second,” Morrison said. He motioned for another drink and lit a cigarette. “Do these guys strap you down and make you (to smoke) until you throw up?”

“No.”

“Give you something so that you get sick every time you light – ”

“No, it’s nothing like that. Go and see for yourself.” He gestured at Morrison’s cigarette. “You don’t really like that, do you?”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Why the great secrecy if this outfit (to be) so fantastic? How come I’ve never seen any spots on TV, billboards, magazine ads – ” “They get all the clients they can handle by word of mouth.”

“You’re an advertising man, Jimmy. You can’t believe that.”

“I do,” McCann said. “They have a ninety-eight percent cure rate.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Yeah.” He had worked at Crager and Barton for eighteen months before (to join) the Morton Agency. “Get your butt in gear or get your butt out.”

McCann laughed. “You know it. Well, to put the capper on it, the doc told me I had an incipient ulcer. He told me to quit smoking.” McCann grimaced. “Might as well tell me to quit breathing.”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “Yes, I did. At first I didn’t think I’d be able to – I was (to cheat) like hell. Then I met a guy who told me about an outfit over on Forty-sixth Street. Specialists. I said what do I have to lose and went over. I haven’t smoked since.”

Morrison’s eyes widened. “What did they do? Fill you full of some drug?”

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: “You’re an advertising man, Jimmy. You can’t (to belive) that.”

“I do,” McCann said. “They have a ninety-eight percent cure rate.”

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) “Mr. Morrison, if you’ll just lie down – ”

B) “Unlock this floor or I’ll have the mob on you before you can say Marlboro Woman.”

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) At last the receptionist gave Henry a sunny smile and said, “Go right in, Mr. Morrison.”

B) Morrison went to the window.

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) He folded his ears. “Your son, Alvin Dawes Morrison, is in the Paterson School for Handicapped Children. Born with cranial brain damage. Tested IQ of 46. Not quite in the educable retarded category. Your wife – ”

B) The third drag made Morrison feel lightheaded and swoony

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) Morrison didn’t fall. He grasped the doorbell.

B) “No, thanks.” Morrison finished for the door

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) Night dawned in Morrison’s head

B) “If the rabbit gets a video-lecture often enough while he’s eating,” Donatti said, “he makes an sga diploma very quickly.”

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) The treatment was chillingly hard.”

B) A first defence and Cindy would be brought to what Donatti called “the rabbit room.

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) “As a shipment, it leaves something to be desired,” Morrison said blindly

B) Horns blasted impatiently behind Morrison

Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?

A) “As you teach. But I think you’ll change your class when you see the whole group.”

B) He suddenly realized he was biting his elbow, sucking on it, and made himself stop