Wordly Wise Lesson 10

In the Japanese folktale, Tokoyo worked as a pearl diver searching for oysters on the seabed. The story does not say how her father earned his (blank).

• misfortune

• symptoms

• livelihood

• console

Tokoyo's mother died when she was just a baby. Losing her father was the second great (blank) to affect the young girl.

• misfortune

• depths

• slain

• banish

When her father was taken away, Tokoyo felt parentless. She wasn't an actual (blank), of course, because her father was still alive.

• misfortune

• orphan

• precipice

• banish

Even though the emperor was powerful, he didn't get everything he wanted. What he (blank) most was an end to all his illnesses.

• communicated

• slained

• banished

• desired

The emperor had many things wrong with him. There were plenty of (blank) for his doctors to observe.

• depths

• misfortune

• symptoms

• precipices

Tokoyo was not allowed to write to her father. If she had tried to (blank) with him, the emperor's soldiers would probably have taken her away, too.

• slain

• deliberate

• communicate

• banish

Her friends had no need to ask why Tokoyo was sad. They knew that what (blank) the young girl was the loss of her father.

• ailed

• banished

• consoled

• communicated

Tokoyo was not allowed to visit or write to her father. She was unable to (blank) him on the distant island.

• banish

• desire

• console

• communicate

Tokoyo didn't need to ask the girl who was ready to dive from the top of the cliff if she was afraid. She could tell the girl was terrified because she was (blank) in fear.

• cowering

• slaining

• ailing

• desire

The evil sea god and Tokoyo came face to face. The battle took place in the ocean's (blank) and ended with the monster's death.

• livelihood

• misfortune

• precipice

• depths