Complete the dramatic amateur chef's kitchen confession by choosing the correct phrase for each blank.

I bought three extra cartons of eggs, but I needn't have bothered because the guests brought their own dessert! Now the fridge is so overstuffed that I dare not open the door, lest an avalanche of dairy crush me.

I bought three extra cartons of eggs, but I needn't have bothered...

When need is used as a modal auxiliary to describe a past action that was performed but was ultimately unnecessary, it takes the perfect bare infinitive (have + past participle). Modal auxiliaries never take "to" or "had".

...Now the fridge is so overstuffed that I dare not open the door...

As a marginal modal in the negative, dare functions like a standard modal and takes a bare infinitive without "to" (dare not do something).