Chapter 34

Question 1

we enter the basement wearing our new ____

Answer 1

duds

Question 2

duds

Answer 2

clothes.

“buy yourself some new duds”

Question 3

Dad is ______ the coffee table; ________ glasses perched on his nose

Answer 3

hunched over; half moon

Question 4

Dad is hunched over the coffee table; half moon glasses _______ his nose; stringing several _______ along a wire

Answer 4

perched on; light sockets

Question 5

he is dressed in his skull shirt and bandanna and is ______ what looks like the beginnings of a ______ and sideburns

Answer 5

sporting; goatee

Question 6

What do you think? I say lifting the collar on my fur coat and adjusting the purple __________ I found jammed at the bottom of a box filled with ladies’ hats

Answer 6

stetson

Question 7

Dad _______ from his work

Answer 7

peers up

Question 8

Have you guys been smoking the ___________? I thought you said you were going out to get some band outfits

Answer 8

Mary Jane

Question 9

Those aren’t band outfits. Jesus Christ, Coop, you look like _________ from a Mexican soap opera

Answer 9

castoffs

Question 10

What are you talking about? Sean ________ his sombrero

Answer 10

tilts back

Question 11

Excuse me? Dad gets right ___________ SEan’s ___

Answer 11

up in SEan’s grill

Question 12

These happen to be classic rock and roll ______

Answer 12

togs

Question 13

tog

Answer 13

informal for clothes

Question 14

You guys are just a _____ of…

Answer 14

hodgepodege of

Question 15

hodge-podge

Answer 15

hodge·podge
/ˈhäjˌpäj/
nounNORTH AMERICAN
a confused mixture.

Question 16

Chimps, I correct, starting to _____ in my faux fur

Answer 16

roast

Question 17

The movement of his callosued hand on his _____ makes a scratching sound

Answer 17

stubble

Question 18

I glance over at my buds. They look like ________ flowers

Answer 18

wilting

Question 19

we’ll just go back to the store and exchange all of… this. He makes a ______________ gesture with his hand

Answer 19

sweeping

Question 20

Arnold Murphy’s Bologna Dare is kind of A __________

Answer 20

mouthful

Question 21

I’m just the guy whose band was asked to play Spring Fling. Whatever. Maybe I am __________

Answer 21

out of touch

Question 22

The perfect mix of timeless classic rock tunes and audience ___________

Answer 22

pleasers

Question 23

At first, the music is _____ and timid and sloppy

Answer 23

cautious

Question 24

It’s like the three of us finally ___________ our personas and just ____________

Answer 24

settle into; let loose

Question 25

When we finish, the sweat is _____________ of my forehead, pitter pattering on my snare drum

Answer 25

pouring off

Question 26

When we finish, the sweat is pouring off of my forehead, ______________ on my snare drum

Answer 26

pitter pattering

Question 27

This is pretty good. You guys have _________________ a notch in the attitude department

Answer 27

kicked it up

Question 28

Sure people might say, what the hell? But so what? we keep them _________

Answer 28

on edge

Question 29

I compromised on the costumes and the band name. This we can’t afford to ___________

Answer 29

waver on

Question 30

A second later, Helen appears from around the _________

Answer 30

stairwell

Question 31

You look like the type of girl who can _________ a tune. Am I right, or am I right

Answer 31

belt out

Question 32

belt out

Answer 32

to shout or sing something loudly, or to play something loudly on a musical instrument
Synonyms and related words