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156 156a KUMON Name Date The Invisible Man 4 Time : to : I Read the passage. "He was working in a room with an open fireplace, he said. Saw a flicker, and there was the prescription burning and lifting chimney-ward. Rushed towards it just as it whisked up chimney. So! Just at that point, to illustrate his story, out came his arm." "Well?" "No hand, just an empty sleeve. Lord! I thought, that's a deformity! © 2010 Kumon Institute of Education KIE KIE 2010 BR Printed in Brazil Got a cork arm, I suppose, and has taken it off. Then, I thought, there's something odd in that. What the devil keeps that sleeve up and open, if there's nothing in it? There was nothing in it, I tell you. Nothing down it, right down to the joint. I could see right down it to the elbow, and there was a glimmer of light shining through a tear of the cloth. Lord! This is used to express surprise or shock. II Write words from the passage that have the same meaning. [-3 each] Saw a twinkle of light, 1) , there was the prescription burning and flying up into the chimney 2) Just then, to strengthen the impression of his story, his arm came out. 3) III Complete the explanation using words from the passage. [-3] In the above passage, "there was "means that Cuss could see a glimmer of light through a tear in the stranger's empty sleeve.