Fill in the blanks without referring to the original text. Then check your answers against the original. After that, read the passage aloud until you can say it from memory. I worked there for seven years and 1) so many lessons, especially from a(n) 2) waitress. Helen was in her 60s, had red hair, and 3) of self-respect—something I was really 4). I looked up to Helen because she was doing what she loved— 5) people—and nobody did it 6).