Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word that best fits the context.

An American soldier called his parents from San Francisco after a war. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming

home, but I’ve got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring    48   me.”

“Sure,” they replied. “We’d love to meet him.”

“There’s something you should know,” the son continued. “He was hurt pretty    49   in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine   50   lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come and live with us.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find   51   to live.”

“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”

“Son,” said the father, “Someone like him would be a terrible burden on us. Just come home and forget about this guy. He will find a way to live on his    52  .”

At that point, the son hung up the    53  .

A few days later, the parents received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building,     54   the police believed was suicide. They went and recognized him, but    55  their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t expect: their son had only one arm and one leg.