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1. 1.

   Complete these sentences.

   1. The narrator's mother didn't want Father to sleep in the bed because ________.
   2. ________ would usually sleep in the attic bed.
   3. Brigges Beall believed that he might die of suffocation while sleeping if ________.
   4. Herman would sometimes ________ in his sleep.
   5. The narrator's room was next to ________.
   6. ________ woke up last in the house that night.
2. 2.

   What does the family's calm over the disappearance of Grandfather hint at?
3. 3.

   Why does the narrator claim to be a light sleeper?
4. 4.

   What does Briggs Beall do in panic?
5. 5.

   How do Roy and Rex add to the story's humour?
6. 6.

   Which lines in the story tell us that the narrator's family has a tendency to jump to dramatic conclusions?