The words that can be used to complete the blanks are as follows:
- Rattle
- Elect
- Offer
- Suffer
- Protect
- Brave
- Paste
- Belong
- Vegetable
- Understand
How to complete the passage
The completed passage would have this form; We heard strange noises upstairs in the attic. I was never supposed to go up there on my own, but I offered to go because my little brother was scared. I had to protect him.
Even if I had to suffer through it, I put on a brave face for him. He told me my face looked as white as a paste, though.