Chapter 1 P12 - 20

Question 1

____________, I like it here. It’s been my home away from home since I was six, so I sually don’t mind coming.

Answer 1

In all honesty

Question 2

I get to see Barbe and Julie, I leave until my next ________

Answer 2

Flare-up

Question 3

I head over to the wall oxygen generators, doubling-checking the flow meter is set properly, and listen for the ________ of the oxygen coming out of it before I pull the tube around my ears and slide the ________ of the cannula into my nose.

Answer 3

Steady hiss; prongs

Question 4

I reach over to my bedside table. To get my laptop, sitting ______ on the new floral comforter I picked out yesterday at Target while Camila and Mya were buying clothes for Cabo

Answer 4

Cross-legged

Question 5

I ____ my fingers anxiously on the keyboard and squint at my reflection in the screen

Answer 5

Drum

Question 6

I frown at the mess of long brown hair and try to ________, running my fingers through it over and over

Answer 6

Smooth it down

Question 7

___________ my YouTube Live account, I adjust the webcam, making sure you can see Abby’s lung drawing directly behind me. It’s a perfect _______

Answer 7

Logging on to; backdrop

Question 8

I close my eyes and take a deep breath, hearing the familiar ______ of my lungs trying desperately to fill with air through the sea of mucus

Answer 8

Wheeze

Question 9

I glanced ____ the corner of my screen as I turn the camera towards the hospital window, the sky a cloudy gray, the trees on the other side of the glass completely ________

Answer 9

Into; barren

Question 10

Plus a raging fever. I think ________ when I got my temperature taken on ________ this morning, the flashing numbers on the thermometer ________ a strong 102

Answer 10

Back to; intake; blaring out

Question 11

I ____________ the amenities, counting them on my fingers. Let’s see. I’ve got a full-time _______, unlimited chocolate pudding, and laundry services. Oh, and Barb talked Dr. Ha mid into letting me keep all my mess and treatments in my room this time! check it out

Answer 11

Rattle off; concierge

Question 12

My computer ____ as comments begin ______

Answer 12

Dings; rolling in

Question 13

My eyes travel to the drawing behind me, the healthy lungs ______ my head, just out of reach

Answer 13

Looming over

Question 14

My heart _____, and I give a final big smile for the samara, for that person fighting the same fight ________

Answer 14

Warms; that I am

Question 15

The years of coming in and out of the hospital with me have certainly ______________

Answer 15

Taken their tolls on him

Question 16

Multicoloured patches are sewn over spots where he _______, his _________ pouring out when I squeezed too hard during the most painful of my treatments

Answer 16

Ripped open; stuffings

Question 17

There’s a knock on my door, and it flies open not even a second later as Barb _____ holding an armful of pudding cups for me to take my medication with

Answer 17

Busts in

Question 18

The same short curly hair. The same colourful _____. The same smile that lights up the entire room

Answer 18

Scrubs

Question 19

Julie hangs the IV bag of antibiotics next to me, her belly ________ my arm

Answer 19

Brushing up against

Question 20

No, I say, a little too quickly. I feel bad when she looks slightly _______ my bluntness; her blond eyebrows ________

Answer 20

Taken aback at; arching up in surprise

Question 21

But I don’t want any of my bad _____ mnear that perfect healthy baby

Answer 21

Juju

Question 22

Who needs a ________ when your body does it for you right

Answer 22

Curfew

Question 23

I used to be afraid of needles, but with every blood _____ and IV drip, that fear slowly drifted away. Now I don’t even ____

Answer 23

Draw; flinch