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From the Ted Talk by Amanda Williams: Why I turned Chicago's abandoned homes into art
Unscramble the Blue Letters
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Open Cloze
And though that block was almost all but erased, it was the idea that Prince could pop up in unexpected places and give free concerts in _____ that the music industry and society had deemed were not valuable anymore. For him, the idea that just the image of this house was enough to bring Prince there meant that it was possible. In that moment, that little patch of Eggleston had become synonymous with _______. And for however briefly, Eric Bennett's neighborhood had ________ its value. So we traded stories despite being strangers about which high ______ we'd gone to and where we'd grown up, and Mrs. So-and-so's _____ store — of being kids on the South Side. And once I ________ that in fact this project had absolutely nothing to do with Prince, Eric ______ in seeming agreement, and as we ______ ways and he drove off, he said, "But he could still come!"
Solution
- royalty
- areas
- nodded
- revealed
- school
- candy
- regained
- parted
Original Text
And though that block was almost all but erased, it was the idea that Prince could pop up in unexpected places and give free concerts in areas that the music industry and society had deemed were not valuable anymore. For him, the idea that just the image of this house was enough to bring Prince there meant that it was possible. In that moment, that little patch of Eggleston had become synonymous with royalty. And for however briefly, Eric Bennett's neighborhood had regained its value. So we traded stories despite being strangers about which high school we'd gone to and where we'd grown up, and Mrs. So-and-so's candy store — of being kids on the South Side. And once I revealed that in fact this project had absolutely nothing to do with Prince, Eric nodded in seeming agreement, and as we parted ways and he drove off, he said, "But he could still come!"
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