Chapter 2 B

Question 1

I stroll back to 315, coughing when I get there, the mucus thick in my lungs and throat, my chest aching from my ________

Answer 1

Excusion

Question 2

I flick on the light, noticing a folded note from Hope and Jason on the bleach-white ____________ hospital sheets

Answer 2

Standard issue

Question 3

But incurable is only a suggestion to my mother, and she’s determined to find the _______________ treatment

Answer 3

Needle-in-a-haystack

Question 4

At least this hopsital is half an hour away from Hope and Jason, so they can come visit me on a regular basis and ___________ everything I’m missing at school

Answer 4

Fill me in on

Question 5

I unfold the note to see a heart and in Hope’s neat ______, See you soon! Two weeks till your Big 18! Hope and Jason” And that makes me smile

Answer 5

Cursive

Question 6

A beach maybe. Or a ______ somewhere in Mississippi. Just no walls. I could sketch the landscape, draw a final cartoon of me giving the middle finger to the universe, the __________

Answer 6

Rowboat; bite the big one

Question 7

I toss the note back onto the bed, eyeing the sheets before giving them a quick ______ to be safe. Starch and bleach. Just the regular hospital _______. Good

Answer 7

Whiff; way de cologne

Question 8

Or a lame twitter account where she retweets _____ about the importance of hand washing

Answer 8

Memes

Question 9

Oh my god, this is that lame channel my mom sent me a link to a few months ago in an attempt to _______ taking my treatments seriously

Answer 9

Rally me into

Question 10

There was a _______, and she turns around on a set of stairs that I recognize from the main entrance of the hospital

Answer 10

Crappy cut