3). Fill in the gaps with prepositions.

to behind about without of by to for at toward prior to above for in with for during toward at to out for to across at on away of

1. Sam suddenly jumped …his feet and walked …. the office and back.

2. “I told them to leave, just a few minutes ago. I exchanged words … them. They

don’t care …you, Sam, they’re just using this execution … publicity. They want

you dead, Sam. It’s great advertising … them.”

3. Car doors shut loudly somewhere … Adam, and a television crew got … …

a van and came …. them. Adam walked … his car … stopping.

4. Adam stared … them as he rolled … a stop … the front gate. He began walking

slowly … their direction. Their signs demanded freedom …Sam Cayhall, a

political prisoner. … some reason, Adam was not comforted …their demands.

5. He rented a car …the airport and drove straight …the state courthouse. Four

years earlier, …the days and hours …the Maynard Tole execution, Goodman

had made this same journey … two occasions.

6. Less than sixty feet …, the windows … the cells were open. Sam could certainly

hear the opening and closing … the door … the Chamber Room.

Chapter XI. Confessions

Vocabulary notes.

1.	to keep distance from		держаться подальше от
2.	to be ashamed to admit		стыдно признать(ся)
3.	to follow the teachings of smb		следовать наставлениям к-л
4.	to lose interest in smth		утратить интерес к
5.	to be of similar build		быть одинаковой комплекции
6.	to be overcome by emotion		быть охваченным чувствами
7.	to respond to smth		отвечать на ч-л
8.	to be barefoot		быть босым
9.	up to the last moment		до последнего мгновения
10.	to confess smth to smb		признаться кому-либо в чем-либо
11.	to feel bad about smth\doing smth		страдать из-за чего-либо
12.	to lean on the wall		опереться на что-либо
13.	that doesn’t count		это не считается
14.	to ask forgiveness		просить прощения

II. Make up five comprehension questions for each part of the chapter.

III. Reading between the lines.

1. Though he’d worn the white clothing of the clan as a much younger man,

Donnie Cayhall kept his distance from the lines of Klansmen near the front gate

at Parchman.

2. As the big day approached, prisoners were allowed to meet their visitors in the

front office, without a time limit.

3. “Any good news?” Donnie asked, certain of the answer.

4. “He’s staying with Lee in Memphis,” Sam said with pride. Because of him, his

daughter and his grandson had become close.

5. “It would mean a lot if I could die in some nice clothes”.

6. Adam had imagined the picture for days now, and it was time to finally take a

look.

7. He was just a boy, born into a household where hatred of blacks and others was

simply a way of life.

8. “Well, I’d like to know that when I leave this world, all the bad things I’ve done

have been forgiven”.

9. “Killing is always wrong, Sam”.

10. “Life has a new meaning when you’re on death row”.

11. “There’s some bad things buried in my soul. I’ll need some help to get them

out”.

12. “My children didn’t have a chance, did they?”

13. “You lawyers,” Sam shouted, “Don’t you ever give up? It’s finished, Adam,

stop playing games”.

14. “Where did I go wrong?”