EXERCISES ON CHAPTER ONE
The Crossword



All of the words in the crosswords are relevant to the chapterin question:
If you are not sure of a word, look at the page number on the right of the clue and turn to the page to hunt for the answer.

Across
1 Verb meaning press on all sides. (p. 17) (7)
3 An adverb meaning not much. (p. 9) (8)
7 The adverb that describes how our narrator was sitting on page 21. (11)
8 A vehicle used for transporting dead bodies. (p. 21) (6)
10 Something we associate with humour. (p. 17) (4)
11 An organ we use to think. (p. 9) (5)
13 The place the shiver ran down on page 20. (5)
15 The location of the haemorrhage on page 16. (8)
19 This is made of glass. (p. 14) (6)
20 The hour at which the narrator woke up. (p. 9) (4)
22 A synonym of free. (p. 12) (8)
23 A different way of saying 'breathe in’. (p. 18) (6)
26 We can do this with a gift. Our narrator does it with a towel. (p. 12) (4)
28 A policeman was doing this at the bottom of page 13. (13)
29 A noun or a verb meaning to look quickly. (p. 21) (6)
31 We are not totally sure that this sense exists. (p. 10) (5,5)
32 We use our ears to do this. (p. 21) (4)
33 To rub a surface lightly. (p. 20) (4)

Down
1 An adverb in the first line of this story. (p. 9) (6)
2 A noun meaning violent movement of the earth. (p. 11) (10)
4 An arm or a leg. (p. 9) (4)
5 Unable to manage independently. (p. 19) (8)
6 Small drops of liquid that escape through our pores. (p. 9) (5)
7 Improve our mood. (p. 20) (5,2)
9 Clothes we wear that are not usually visible. (p. 13) (9)
12 Not completely expecting. (p. 12) (4,9)
14 A noise some people make when they sleep. (p. 10) (5)
16 An instrument we use to talk to people. (p. 12) (9)
17 The part of a telephone we speak into : aka microphone. (p. 12) (10)
18 An adverb meaning without noise (p. 13) (8)
21 A synonym of the phrasal verb 'make out'. (p. 14) (11)
24 The opposite of guilty. (p. 20) (8)
25 These men fight and try to extinguish fires. (p. 17) (7)
27 Silly laughter. (p. 17) (6)
30 A pain our narrator sometimes gets from drinking cheap red wine. (p. 10) (5)



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