Exercise (Chapter 20)

Fill in the blanks with suitable word or phrase.

As Newt climbed the ladder, his mask hooked on a

_______________ (1) and was ripped off his face.
Without his mask, he was not ______________ (2)
anymore! He pulled himself over the edge of the roof
and slithered on his _________________(3) until he
reached _____________ (4), who was shocked to see
him. Reggie explained that he had wanted to be
_________ (5) for something besides ____________(6)
Chris Newman, so he had decided to spray ________(7)
on the water tower. Unfortunately, his __________(8)
was stuck between two beams. Newt helped Reggie to
untie his ____________ (9) and Reggie pulled his foot
out. As Reggie and Newt ____________(10) towards
the ladder, the ____________(11) above followed
them closely. Newt told Reggie to wait till he was at the
__________ (12) before he could climb down. As Newt
moved down the ladder, he felt a __________ (13) and
looking up, he saw that Reggie was trying to
_____________(14). One of the rungs shattered and
hit Newt on the forehead and left _____________(15).
Then, Newt was falling ….. falling …. falling.