chapter 3 Shadow Hunter

Question 1

By the time they got to Java Jones, Eric was already ______________, swaying back and forth in front of the microphone with his eyes _______________

Answer 1

onstage; squinched shut

Question 2

squinch

Answer 2

squinch2
/skwin(t)SH/
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verbNORTH AMERICAN
past tense: squinched; past participle: squinched
tense up the muscles of (one’s eyes or face).
“Gina squinched her face up”
(of a person’s eyes) narrow so as to be almost closed, typically in reaction to strong light.
“he flicked on the light, which made my eyes squinch up”
crouch down in order to make oneself seem smaller or to occupy less space.
“I squinched down under the sheet”

Question 3

He’s dyed the _________ of his hair pink for the occasion

Answer 3

tips

Question 4

Behind him Matt, looking _______, was _____________ irregularly on a _______________

Answer 4

beating; djembe

Question 5

djembe

Answer 5

djem·be
/ˈjembə,-bā/
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noun
a kind of goblet-shaped hand drum originating in West Africa.

Question 6

She grabbed Simon’s sleeve and __________________________ the doorway

Answer 6

tugged him toward

Question 7

Simon headed off toward the coffee bar, _____________________ his breath something to the effect that it was a far, far better thing he did now than he had ever done before

Answer 7

muttering under his breath

Question 8

The coffee shop was crowded for a Monday; most of the ____________-looking couches and armchairs were taken up with teenagers enjoying a free weeknight

Answer 8

threadbare-looking

Question 9

The smell of coffee and ___________ was overwhelming

Answer 9

clove cigarettes

Question 10

Clary was _____ responding to this by Simon’s return

Answer 10

spared

Question 11

he had pretty dark eyes, she supposed, and he’d ___________ well over the past year or so

Answer 11

filled out

Question 12

Simon’s eys _______ to stare at the girl

Answer 12

flicked sideways

Question 13

Simon looked __________. What makes you think so

Answer 13

dubious

Question 14

Clary opened her mouth to reply, and was interrupted by a burst of ________________

Answer 14

feedback

Question 15

Why not? Clary found herself ______ a sudden, unspecific resentment

Answer 15

seized with

Question 16

okay. Simon looked faintly greenish, the way he had once when he’d broken his ankle playing soccer in the park and had had to _____________________

Answer 16

limp home on it

Question 17

she wondered what on earth about likeing someone could possibly have him __________________ such a ________________

Answer 17

wound up to; pitch of anxiety

Question 18

His wrists ______ wide metal cuffs

Answer 18

bore

Question 19

But he was there, _________________ the wall

Answer 19

slouched against

Question 20

he smiled _______ and lowered his hand

Answer 20

smugly

Question 21

It’s a mark. the’re ______, burned into your skin

Answer 21

runes

Question 22

downworlders

Answer 22

Downworlders are supernatural beings and hybrid creatures who inhabit the Shadow World. Downworlder is the widely used term to refer to beings that are said to be part human and part demon, and are even said to be the demonic counterpart of Shadowhunters, who are part human and part angel.

Question 23

fey

Answer 23

fey
/fā/
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adjective
giving an impression of vague unworldliness.
“his mother was a strange, fey woman”
having supernatural powers of clairvoyance.
SCOTTISH
fated to die or at the point of death.
“now he is fey, he sees his own death, and I see it too”

Question 24

Clary opened her mouth to protest angrily, but was interrupted by a ____________ buzzing noise

Answer 24

strident

Question 25

By the time she _____ the phone, it was ___ its third set of rings

Answer 25

unearthed; on

Question 26

her words were drowned out by a heavy crash like _______________________

Answer 26

splinterring wood

Question 27

Stop that. Jace _________________, his hand gripping her wrist

Answer 27

hauled her to her feet

Question 28

Clary said, grabbing the black metal ______ out of his shirt pocket. I have to—

Answer 28

oblong

Question 29

without even thinking about it, she _______ his face, her nails _______ his cheek

Answer 29

struck out at; raking

Question 30

When she reached the street, she ____ around, halfing-expecting to see Jace at her heels

Answer 30

spun

Question 31

She ____ her heel and ran for hom

Answer 31

spun on