Keeping it Quiet

As it was very late when he came home he was as quiet as a ......... in order not to wake anybody up.
cat
mouse
dog
rat

As she was on a very dangerous mission for the government she had to keep ......... about what she did for a living.
dad
aunt
uncle
mum

There were lots of rumours about what the son had done but as it was a very wealthy family the father tried very hard to ......... everything up.
quiet
hush
stop
silence

If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are ..........
stuck
closed
shut
sealed

As far as I'm concerned to be away from traffic, phones and radios on holiday is perfect bliss because to me silence is ..........
golden
silver
copper
steel

The so-called ......... majority are the vast number of people who don't actually go out on the street and protest.
quiet
noiseless
silent
still

The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a ......... drop.
pin
needle
nail
screw

The rescuers tried desperately to listen out for people trapped in the wreckage but sadly the cries of those trapped were ..........
unhearing
auditory
audited
inaudible

The villagers complained about the noise from the daily bell ringing practice from the church and asked if it could somehow be ..........
suppressed
stifled
muffled
wrapped

In view of the embarrassment that might be caused if the story came out, she promised not to ......... a word about it.
send
breathe
mouth
open