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How can you tell if there's an elephant in your sandwich? You can't pick it up.

A number of words have been removed from each sentence and listed below the sentence. Use the
listed words to fill the blanks in the sentence.
1.

At first he found it uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him _____ tight, ____ sometimes he
rolled over on him, and sometimes ___ _______ him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit
could scarcely breathe.
A. HE B. PUSHED C. AND D. VERY

2.

And they had splendid games _________, in whispers, when Nana had _____ away to her
supper and left ____ night-light burning on the ____________.
A. MANTELPIECE B. GONE C. THE D. TOGETHER

3.

He was naturally shy, and ______ only _____ of velveteen, some of ____ more expensive
toys quite ________ him.
A. MADE B. THE C. SNUBBED D. BEING

4.

He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to ______ and
swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they _____
only _____, and would never turn into anything _____.
A. TOYS B. BOAST C. ELSE D. WERE

5.

He was fat and bunchy, as __ rabbit should ___; his coat was spotted brown and ______, he
____ real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen.
A. BE B. A C. WHITE D. HAD

6.

That night, and for many nights after, ____ Velveteen _______ slept ___ the ______ bed.
A. RABBIT B. BOY'S C. THE D. IN

7.

For a long _____ he lived in the ____ cupboard or on the ________ floor, and no one thought
very _____ about him.
A. NURSERY B. TIME C. MUCH D. TOY

8.

The ______ _____, who had lived through two seasons and lost _____ of his paint, caught the
_____ from them and never missed an opportunity of referring to his rigging in technical terms.
A. TONE B. MODEL C. MOST D. BOAT

9.

On Christmas morning, _____ he ____ wedged in the top of the ______ stocking, with a sprig
of holly between his paws, the effect was _________.
A. SAT B. CHARMING C. WHEN D. BOY'S

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10. Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was _____ ___ the disabled soldiers, and should
have had broader views, put on _____ and pretended he was connected with ___________.
A. MADE B. AIRS C. BY D. GOVERNMENT
11. The _____ ______ had ______ longer in the nursery than any of the _______.
A. OTHERS B. LIVED C. SKIN D. HORSE

JAC Miranda

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