TIRD Read the texts again. Match sentences 8-g with gaps 1-6. There is one extra sentence. Then listen to check. a However, his role in this future is not to put out fires but to start them. b The novel ends without a clear conclusion and the reader is left to speculate on what will happen next. He is successful - so successful that he is offered a job as a star of the show, d At the end of the book he has been re-educated and has learnt to love the masters he hated before. e There is, however, a lighter side to the story f When they reach this age they must go to a Sleepshop to be executed. g Even the stranger who has appeared among them does not interest them.