The story Mr. Know All takes place on a (1) ____ making a long sea journey from San Francisco to (2) ____ after World War I. In this story we meet Max Kelada who the narrator describes as a vulgar show-off. Mr. Kelada always wants to win in every (3) ____. As a result, the passengers call him (4) ____ even to his face. The narrator shows how he dislikes Max Kelada in (5) ____ ways. Clearly, the narrator thinks that Mr. Kelada is very different from an Englishman.Once during dinner, they discuss the subject of real pearls and cultured pearls. Mr. Kelada looks at Mrs. Ramsay's (6) ____ and claims that they are real and cost a lot of money. Yet her (7) ____, Mr. Ramsay, claims that the pearl necklace was bought in a department store for $18. So, Mr. Ramsay and Mr. Kelada have a (8) ____ on whether the pearls are real or not. After checking the necklace with a (9) ____ glass, Mr. Know All is ready to say that he has won the bet. But at this moment he looks at Mr. Ramsay's terrified face and admits that he was (10) ____. He gives Mr. Ramsay a hundred-dollar bill.At the climax of the story, the narrator reveals that Mr. Kelada is a (11) ____, a man who is willing to swallow his pride in order to save Mrs. Ramsay's (12) ____. We can infer that it was Mrs. Ramsay who pushed the (13) ____ with the hundred-dollar bill under the cabin door in order to thank Mr. Kelada. The narrator’s opinion of Mr. Kelada at the (14) ____ of the story is different from at the (15) ____. “Mr. Know-All” is more than just a story (16) ____ life on a boat. It is a story about prejudice that teaches us not to (17) ____ a book by its cover.

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