Chapter 1 P4 - 12

Question 1

I trace the outline of my sister’s drawing, lungs _____ from a sea of flowers.

Answer 1

Modded

Question 2

Petals burst out from every edge of the twin ovals in soft pinks, deep whites, even _______, but somehow each one has a uniqueness, a vibrancy that feels like it’ll bloom forever.

Answer 2

Heather Blues

Question 3

Some of the flowers haven’t bloods omen yet, and I can feel the promise of life just waiting to unfold from the tiny _____ under the weight of my finger. Those are my favourite.

Answer 3

Buds

Question 4

Slipping off the last petal of the last flower, my hand sinks, fingers dragging through the background of stars, each _____ of light that Abbey ___________ to capture infinity.

Answer 4

Pinpoint, drew a separate attempt

Question 5

I clear my throat, pulling my hand away, and lean over to grab a picture of us from ________

Answer 5

Off my bed

Question 6

There was something magical about it. The soft glow of the ______ in the park.

Answer 6

Lamppost

Question 7

There was something magical about it. The soft glow of the Lampost in the park, the white snow ______ the branches to he trees, the quiet stillness of it all.

Answer 7

Clinging to

Question 8

We nearly _____ our butts ____ for that picture last year, but it was our tradition. Me and Abby, ________ to go see the holiday lights together

Answer 8

Froze off; braving the cold

Question 9

I take a _____ and hang the picture next to the drawing before sitting down on my bed and grabbing my pocket notebook and pencil off my _______ table

Answer 9

Thumbtack; bedside

Question 10

Me with an ______ in my arm, the bag __________ butterflies of different shapes and colours and sizes

Answer 10

IV drip; bursting with

Question 11

Me wearing a nose ______, the cable twisting to form an infinity sign

Answer 11

Cannula

Question 12

Me with my nebular, the vapour pouring out of it forming a cloudy halo

Answer 12

Nebulizer

Question 13

My pile of medical equipment, sitting right next to a hedge ours green fau-leather postal chair that ________ for every room here at Saint Graces’s

Answer 13

Comes standard

Question 14

I eye the empty _______ warily, knowing my first of my rounds of antibiotics over the next month is exactly an hour and nine minutes away. Lucky me

Answer 14

IV pole

Question 15

I look up as the door slowly ________ and two familiar faces appear in the _________.

Answer 15

The small crack of the doorway

Question 16

Camila and Mya have visited me here a million times in the past decade and they still can’t _______ the lobby _____ my room without asking every person in the building for directions

Answer 16

Get from, to

Question 17

Wrong room, I say, grinning as a look of pure relief ______ them

Answer 17

Washes over

Question 18

Camila pulls away to look at me, _______, her dark brown hair practically ________ with her. SEcond trip in a row without you.

Answer 18

Pouting; drooping along

Question 19

It’s true. This isnt’ the first time my cystic fibrosis has __________ some class trip or sunny vacation or school event

Answer 19

Taken me out of the running for

Question 20

This particular ______ just happens to be entered around the fact that I need to be ______ with antibiotics to finally get rid of a sore throat and a fever that won’t go away

Answer 20

Tune-up; pumped

Question 21

That and my lung functions is ______.

Answer 21

Tanking

Question 22

Mya _______ my bed, sighing dramatically as she lies back

Answer 22

Plunks down on

Question 23

I can’t go off to Cabo, or anywhere ________, and risk not coming back. I can’t do that to my parents. Not now.

Answer 23

For that matter

Question 24

Since I am not going to be basking in the warm Cabo sun in a bathing suit of my voice, I figure I can at least live a little ________ through my friends by picking out theirs with them

Answer 24

Vicariously

Question 25

Vicariously means

Answer 25

In a way that is experienced in the imagination through the actions of another person

Question 26

This ____ them both ____. We eagerly dump their bags out on my bed, creating a mishmash of florals and polka dots and _______.

Answer 26

Perk up. Fluorescents

Question 27

IHer eyes widen, and she holds it up ____ her waist

Answer 27

To

Question 28

CAmila snorts, putting her suits back in the bag and giving me a _________

Answer 28

Sly smile

Question 29

Camila snorts, putting her suits back in the bag and giving me a sly smile. Mason and Brooke __________.

Answer 29

Called it quits

Question 30

But Mya has been crushing on Mason since Mrs. Wilson’s English class __________.

Answer 30

Sophomore year

Question 31

It ____ me ____ I won’t be there to help her make a killer ten-step Whirlwind Cabo Romance with Mason plan

Answer 31

Bums me out

Question 32

It bums me out I won’t be there to help her make a _________ whirlwind Cabo Romance with Mason plan

Answer 32

Killer

Question 33

We all _______ with excitement

Answer 33

Squeal

Question 34

I hold up an adorable polka-dot one-piece that is super vintage and ____________

Answer 34

Right up her alley

Question 35

Up one’s alley

Answer 35

Well suited to one’s tastes, interests or abilities

Question 36

I stShe sees She is a champion procrastinator and probably hasn’t packed a single thing for Cabo yet
Besides the bikini, of course.
She sees me notice her checking her watch and grins ________. I still need to buy a beach towel for tomorrow. _________ Camilla.

Answer 36

Sheepishly. Classic

Question 37

I stand up, my heart sinking in my chest at the thought of them leaving, but I don’t want to ______

Answer 37

Hold them up

Question 38

My cheeks hurt from all this fake positivity, but I don’t want to ____________

Answer 38

Ruin it for them

Question 39

I watch them go, waving until Mya’s bouncing curls are completely out of sight, suddenly wanting nothing more than to be walking out with them, _____ to pack instead of unpack

Answer 39

Off

Question 40

It was taken a few summers ago on the front porch of our house during a Fourth of July barbecue. Me, Abby, Mom, and Dad, _______ on all of our faces as the camera captures the moment.

Answer 40

Goofy smiles

Question 41

I feel a ________ of homesickness as I hear the sound of the worn, _____ wood of that front step, creaking underneath us as we laugh and get close for the picture

Answer 41

Swell, rickety