Choose A, B, C, or D that best complete each sentence.

Although spinning tops are among the simplest of toys, children ______ it one of the most vivid and exciting games.

The two mandarins’ boxes have both been (35)________.

The game (34) _____ until ....

Once a player has taken pebbles from the board. the turn is (33) ______ to the other player.    

However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (32) _____ his or her turn.

If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square. the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (31) ________ these pebbles trom the board.

After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following square and repeats the distribution (30) ____.

 ...with the next square in (29) _______direction.