Chapter 1 Pandemonium A

Question 1

I was a long wait to get into the _____ club, especially on a Sunday

Answer 1

all-ages

Question 2

The ______ were fierce and would come down instantly on anyone who looked like they were going to start trouble

Answer 2

bouncers

Question 3

bouncer

Answer 3

bounc·er
/ˈbounsər/
noun
noun: bouncer; plural noun: bouncers
1. 
a person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers from entering or to eject them from the premises.

Question 4

He ___________ the wooden thing. I bent as easily as a blade of grass bending sideways

Answer 4

pushed down on

Question 5

Clary liked the _______ his shoulders, the way he tossed his hair as he went

Answer 5

lit to

Question 6

Inside, the club was full of _______________. Colored lights played over the dance floor, turning it into a multicolored fairyland of blues and acide greens, hot pinks and golds

Answer 6

dry-ice smoke

Question 7

inside, the club was full of dry-ice smoke Colored lights ______________ the dance floor, turning it into a multicolored fairyland of blues and acide greens, hot pinks and golds

Answer 7

played over

Question 8

play over

Answer 8

To be repeatedly recalled or relived in the mind; occupy the mind repeatedly: Our kiss last night keeps playing over in my head.

Question 9

The boy in the red jacket stroked the long razor-sharp blade in his hands, an idle smile _______ his lips

Answer 9

playing over

Question 10

a little bit of a _______________ on the blade, to make it look harmless. Another _____ on his eyes, and the moment the bouncer had looked straight at him

Answer 10

glamour

Question 11

a lot of swaying back and forth with an accasional _________ the floor as if one of them had dropped a contact lens

Answer 11

lunges toward

Question 12

in a space between a group of teenage boys in ____________, and a young Asian couple who were making out passionately

Answer 12

metallic corsets

Question 13

a boy with a lip piercing and a teddy bear backpack was handing out free tablets of herbal ecstasy, his parachute pants ________ in the breeze from the wind machine

Answer 13

flapping

Question 14

he was ________ the crowd as if he were looking for something.

Answer 14

prowling through

Question 15

The blue-haired boy straightened p suddenly, __________, like a hunting dog ___________

Answer 15

snapping to attention; on point

Question 16

snap to attention

Answer 16

snap to attention idiom
Definition of snap to attention
: to move quickly to a position of standing silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides
The soldier snapped to attention.
—sometimes used figuratively
The children snapped to attention and got quiet when the teacher clapped his hands.

Question 17

make three sentences with snapping to attention

Answer 17

snap to attention idiom
Definition of snap to attention
: to move quickly to a position of standing silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides
The soldier snapped to attention.
—sometimes used figuratively
The children snapped to attention and got quiet when the teacher clapped his hands.

Question 18

the kind of girl clary would like to draw–tall and ______________, with a long _______ of black hair

Answer 18

ribbon-slim; long spill

Question 19

Through the darkness, smoke, and artificial fog, her pale dress shone out like a _________

Answer 19

beacon

Question 20

too distracted to notice anything else around him–even the two dark shapes ________________________, ______ after him ______ the crowd

Answer 20

hard on his heels, weaving through

Question 21

she could see it in the way they paced him, their careful watchfullnes, the ______________ of their movements

Answer 21

slinking grace

Question 22

The girl had reached the wall, and was opening a door marked no admittance. she ______ the blue-haired boy after her, and they slipped through the door

Answer 22

beckoned

Question 23

beckoned

Answer 23

beckon
verb uk ​ /ˈbek.ən/ us ​ /ˈbek.ən/
​
[ I or T ] to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer:
The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
“Hey you!” she called, beckoning me over with her finger.
He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me.

Question 24

make 3 sentences with backon

Answer 24

beckon
verb uk ​ /ˈbek.ən/ us ​ /ˈbek.ən/
​
[ I or T ] to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer:
The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
“Hey you!” she called, beckoning me over with her finger.
He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me.

Question 25

She raised herself up ______, trying to see over the crowd.

Answer 25

on tiptoe

Question 26

conferring

Answer 26

have discussions; exchange opinions.
“the officials were conferring with allies”
synonyms:
consult, have discussions, discuss things,

Question 27

The blond one reached into his jacket and drew out something long and sharp that flashed under the _______ lights

Answer 27

strobing

Question 28

strobing

Answer 28

strob·ing
/ˈstrōbiNG/
noun
noun: strobing
1. 
irregular movement and loss of continuity sometimes seen in lines and stripes in a television picture.
"the colored strobing of his shirt"
2. 
jerkiness in what should be a smooth movement of an image on a screen.
"an effect known as image strobing"

Question 29

Suddenly ______, Simon _____ his shoulders

Answer 29

all business; square

Question 30

square one’s shoulders

Answer 30

square one’s shoulders. Prepare to face adversity, as in She knew it wouldn’t be easy but she squared her shoulders and faced the hostile audience. This expression transfers standing erect with the shoulders pulled back, forming an angle much like a square’s right angle, to the situations calling for this stance.

Question 31

Biting hard on her lower lip, Clary started to ________ the crowd

Answer 31

wriggle through