They began ___1___ again and again from a high point into a well of blue sea between rough,___2___ rocks. After they had dived and come up, they swam round, ___3___ themselves up, and waited their turn to dive again. They were big boys-men to Jerry. He dived, and they watched him, and when he swam ___4___ to take his place, they made way for him. He felt he was accepted, and he dived again, carefully, ___5___ of himself.

In her crib, Bonnie ___6___ at the sight of her mother being seized. Ace ___7___ his hand into the natural place on Evey's back and she ___8___ stiffly into his lead. When, with a sudden ___9___ of saxophones, the tempo quickened, he spun her out carefully, keeping the ___10___ with his shoulders.

When it ___11___ below zero last night I thought I had better send Frank ___12___ this morning make a ___13___for us-no use ___14___ pneumonia with a big ___15___ on, but I told him not to touch anything except the stove---and you know Frank.

It is never occurred to me at that time ___16___ I was doing. I thought of it only as being practical. It was important to me to do well in college. Community identity was ___17___ if a consideration at all. Somehow, the Watts things ___18___ with my new college life. Moreover, Negro college youth ___19___ those undergraduate years had none of its present mood. Its ___20___ was campus involvement.

Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as ___21___ as a nice little boy reading the funnies, and Theresa, Marian's sister, ___22___ softly and merrily about their next week-end holiday. Theresa's bright smile had always been her ___23___ and now, childless and with a husband ___24___ war age, and life both ordered and gay, it looked as if that smile had ___25___ itself.

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