Answer: "Fast" ---> firmly fixed or attached
"Crimped" ---> compressed or crumpled
"Sullen" --> sulky or angry
Explanation: In the first excerpt from Bishop's "The Fish", the word "fast" has been used as an adjective. <u>"Fast" is used to describe the hook as attached in a way that is not easily unfastened,</u> that is to say as "firmly fixed". On the other hand, in the second excerpt<u>, a fine black thread is "crimped", which means that it is "compressed"</u>. Finally, in the third excerpt, <u>"sullen" is describing the noun "face" as showing irritation or anger</u>. In that way, it matches with "sulky or angry".