Ogopogo Puzzle
Comprehension

The following paragraph comes from the Ogopogo vignette. After reading the story, fill in the blanks from memory. Then review the paragraph from the vignette until you have all the blanks filled.

In 1924, the dreaded Naitaka was given a new (1)__________. A Vancouver Board of Trade meeting was being held in (2)_________. Bill Brimblecombe entertained the delegates by (3)___________ about the monster of Okanagan Lake that everyone was talking about. He made up new (4) _________ for a popular English music hall song called Ogopogo. The next day, the Vancouver Province newspaper reported that Ogopogo was the official name of the (5)_____________ Lake monster. The silly name stuck. Soon it replaced the name Naitaka that had been used by local people for many (6)_________. Along with the change in name came a (7)_________ in how people felt about the sea serpent. It was no longer thought of as a terrifying monster that the name (8)__________ suggested. Instead, it was a funny, harmless creature to suit the funny name (9)___________________.The word ogopogo is a palindrome because it reads the same forwards or (10)_________.