Chapter 13

Question 1

We are very proud to announce the four bands that will be performing in Lower Rockville High’s ______________________ Battle of the BAnds this year

Answer 1

illustrious

Question 2

illustrious

Answer 2

il·lus·tri·ous
/iˈləstrēəs/Submit
adjective
well known, respected, and admired for past achievements.
"his illustrious predecessor"

Question 3

make 3 sentences with illustrious

Answer 3

il·lus·tri·ous
/iˈləstrēəs/Submit
adjective
well known, respected, and admired for past achievements.
"his illustrious predecessor"

Question 4

Mr. Grossman’s melodious ____________________ voice ____ and _____________ the school’s cheap-ass PA system like he’s speaking over a bowl of Rice Krispies

Answer 4

commercial ready; pops and crackles over

Question 5

I am biting the hell out of my ____________ as I sit on the edge of my seat in homeroom. There’s the sting of a ripped cuticle and the aluminum-foil taste of blood on the tip of my tongue

Answer 5

thumbnail

Question 6

There’s the _____________ of a ripped cuticle and the _______________________ of blood on the tip of m tongue

Answer 6

sting; aluminum-foil taste

Question 7

but it’s been a pretty ________________ and I’m vibrating with nervous energy, so I just move on to antoher finger

Answer 7

hang-cliff morning

Question 8

cliff-hang

Answer 8

cliff-hang
or cliff·hang
[klif-hang]
verb (used without object), cliff-hung, cliff-hang·ing. Informal.
to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest.

Question 9

I _______________ meeting helen at the library on Sunday

Answer 9

skipped out on

Question 10

I ________________________ a cold full-body sweat, my ears __________

Answer 10

break out into; wah-wahing

Question 11

There are loud ____________ And enthusiastic desk smackings from most of the guys in the room

Answer 11

catcalls

Question 12

At any other time in my life the tought of t hose four gorgeous girls singing and ___________________ would be giving me a ______________

Answer 12

gyrating onstage; blue steeler

Question 13

gyrate

Answer 13

gy·rate
/ˈjīrāt/Submit
verb
gerund or present participle: gyrating
move or cause to move in a circle or spiral, especially quickly.
“their wings gyrate through the water like paddle wheels”

Question 14

If you play it _______________, you’ll glide right over this thing

Answer 14

chill

Question 15

Well there now, see? I’m sitting at an award-winning desk. Things are ______________ already

Answer 15

looking up

Question 16

marijuana

Answer 16

cheeba

Question 17

I lay my head down on the desk. The _____________ is on my cheek

Answer 17

wood veneer

Question 18

Dean Scragliano ______ with his beaten-up copy of Lord of Flies

Answer 18

beans me

Question 19

beans someone

Answer 19

hit someone on the head