Chapter 2 Part A

Question 1

All right, I’ll see you guys later, I say, winking at Jason and closing the door ___ my room to give them some privacy

Answer 1

To

Question 2

I come face-to-face with the empty sockets of the skull drawing on my door, an O2 mask ______ its mouth, with the words “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” written under it

Answer 2

Slung over

Question 3

I swaying down the hallway to see the door swinging shut behind the girl I saw moving into a room down the hall earlier today, her _____ white Converse disappearing onto the other side

Answer 3

Scuffed

Question 4

________ the doors, I see her making her way across the gray tile floor

Answer 4

Pushing through

Question 5

PUshing through the doors, I see her making her way across the gray tile floor, waving and chatting to just about everyone as she goes, like she’s _______ her own personal Thanksgiving Day Parade

Answer 5

Putting on

Question 6

She ________ the large glass elevator, overlooking the east lobby, just past a large, _______ Christmas tree they must’ve put up early this morning, long before the Thanksgiving leftovers Weber even eaten

Answer 6

Steps onto; decked-out

Question 7

____________ they leave up the giant turkey display for even a minute longer

Answer 7

Heaven forbid

Question 8

I start climbing the open stairs by the stairs by elevator, trying not to run into anyone as I watch it _______ the fifth floor

Answer 8

Chug steadily to

Question 9

I rub my chest, clearing my throat and following her down a couple of hallways and onto the wide, _________ bridge leading to the next building

Answer 9

Glass-encased

Question 10

Judging from her pace and the fact sI’ve been here two weeks, and it took me until yesterday to figure out how to sneak safely from my room to the cafeteria _______ building 2, and I am by no means directionally challenged

Answer 10

Over in

Question 11

I’ve heard of girls with CF _________ over it, but going to stare at the babies she might never have is a whole other level

Answer 11

Bumming hard

Question 12

Pretty much all guys with CF are infertile, which at least means I don’t have to worry about getting anyone pregnant and starting my own ________; bet Jason wishes he had that ________

Answer 12

Shit show of a family; going for him right now

Question 13

Looking both ways, I close the gap between me and the door,s peering inside the narrow window to see her standing in front of the ______, her eyes focused on a small baby inside an incubator on the ot her side

Answer 13

Viewing pane

Question 14

I can’t help but stare at her ______, everything beyond the glass blurring as I look at her

Answer 14

Reflection

Question 15

She’prettier close up, with her long eyelashes and her __________

Answer 15

Full eyebrows

Question 16

I clear my throat, getting her attention. And here I thought this was gonna be another lame hospital filled with ______. But then you show up. Lucky me

Answer 16

Lame sickies

Question 17

WEll that’s slayed a promising sign. Nothing like actual repulsion to ___________

Answer 17

Start off on the right foot

Question 18

Oh I get it, I am so good looking you can’t even ______ a sentence together

Answer 18

String

Question 19

Shouldn’t you be _____ rooms for your guests

Answer 19

Procuring

Question 20

She __________ for a second, and I laugh surprised by how up-front she is

Answer 20

Takes me off guard

Question 21

It’s a valid point. But she definitely ______ first. I pretend to be taken aback and hold up my hands in _______

Answer 21

Lurked; mock defeat

Question 22

She rolls her eyes clearly not entertained by me. You letting your friends borrow your room for sex _______.
Ah so she’s a _____________

Answer 22

Isn’t cute; real goody two shoes

Question 23

Sex? Oh, heavens no. They told me they would be holding a slightly ______. Book club meeting in there for the better part of an hour

Answer 23

Rowdy

Question 24

Of course not! I’ve had sex. He says her eyes widening as the words _________

Answer 24

Tumble out of her mouth

Question 25

That’s the biggest lie I’ve heard all year, and I’m practically surrounded by people who _____ the fac that I’m dying

Answer 25

Sugarcoat

Question 26

“Fine” isn’t exactly a _________, but I’l _________ where I can get it

Answer 26

Ringing endorsement; take common ground

Question 27

I look back at the girl. There you go. A name _________ your little psych profile. And you are?

Answer 27

To go with

Question 28

“Ignoring you.”
Good one. Ms. Goody Two Shoes has some _______
And clearly the ______ too

Answer 28

Spunk; teacher’s pet too

Question 29

I can see Barb’s about to really _____ me out, so I decide to make my exit

Answer 29

Ream me out

Question 30

Instead of going back the long way, I hop on a much _____, no glass elevator, which I discovered two days ago

Answer 30

Shakier

Question 31

Lightening up, Stella, I say, _______ the door

Answer 31

Sauntering to

Question 32

I hop on a much shakier, no glass elevator, which I discovered two days ago. It _____ right by the nurses’ station on my floor

Answer 32

Spits me out

Question 33

Eh, roaming the hospital. Pissing off Barb, I say, shrugging and twirling the pencil around and around in my fingertips. She’s such a ________

Answer 33

Hard-ass

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Excision