Chapter 35

Question 1

Anything you want. Evelyn’s right hand _________________ the mall like Willy Wonka presenting his scrumdiddlyumptious chocolate room. My treat. Money’s no object.

Answer 1

sweeps out toward

Question 2

What now, Eistein?

Dude _____________________.

Answer 2

take a pill

Question 3

He glances at Evelyn, who’s _________ the sweaters on a display table in the store. WE just need to ______ a little.

Answer 3

pawing; rejig

Question 4

rejig

Answer 4

organize (something) differently; rearrange.

“he rejiggers his stump speech ever so slightly to fit the crowd, then sounds the same messages”

Question 5

My jaw is clenched so tight \I feel like my teeth might ___________.

Answer 5

shatter

Question 6

Okay okay. Coop _____________________________. Matt you need to keep Evelyn here for like twenty minutes while we go to the coffee shop.

Answer 6

scrubs his hand over his face

Question 7

Matt’s eyes nearly ________________________. What? How? What am I supposed to say?

Answer 7

flopped from their sockets

Question 8

But… What… I don’t… Matt ___________, his head on a _______________, looking _____ us to the store and then back to us again.

Answer 8

stammers; swivel; from

Question 9

It will be fine, Coop ________________, _____ me toward the nearest exit.

Answer 9

calls over his shoulder; shoving

Question 10

We start jogging down the sidewalk. The outside air is ________ and _________.

Answer 10

crisp; frosty

Question 11

crisp when describing way of speaking, writing or behaving

Answer 11

A crisp sound or image is very clear:
The sound from the new speakers is very crisp.
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A crisp way of speaking, writing, or behaving is quick, confident, and effective:
a crisp reply
a crisp, efficient manner

Question 12

crisp weather is…

Answer 12

Crisp weather is cold, dry, and bright:

a wonderful crisp spring morning

Question 13

Tiny _____ escape our lips as we dodge the winter-coat-clad shoppers with their bags and carts.

Answer 13

puss of steam

Question 14

tiny puffs of steam escape our lips as we ________ the winter-coat-clad shoppers with their bags and carts.

Answer 14

dodge

Question 15

The _________ of the mall is hunormous. We run for what seems like forever, ___________ the GAp, ToysRUs, the movie theater, and T.J. O’Halligans before we make the turn around the corner of Wal-Mart.

Answer 15

perimeter; passing

Question 16

I am so hot that I have to take off my coat and tie it around my waist so that I don’t __________ my fancy shirt _________.

Answer 16

drench; in sweat

Question 17

My legs and lungs are ______________, and I’ve actually started ____________.

Answer 17

burning; perspiring

Question 18

WE’re jogging by a ___________________ dumpster when Coop reaches into his _____________ and takes out his phone.

Answer 18

graffiti-tagged; pants pocket

Question 19

How close are we to DeLuca’s I ask.

Not sure, he says, starting to job again. Let’s ________ the next set of doors.

Answer 19

duck in

Question 20

Let’s duck in the next set of doors.

I ________________ right behind him, my feet lifting from the pavement in a rhythmic ease.

Answer 20

break into a trot

Question 21

My feet ________ the pavement ____ a rhythmic ease. Your Jedi Master is on his way, PRincess Leyna!

Answer 21

lifting from; in

Question 22

AS we _____ the loading docks and ______, I see the South Entrance sign up ahead.

Answer 22

pass; round the corner

Question 23

WE pick up our pace, making a ___________________ toward the doors.

Answer 23

beeline

Question 24

beeline

Answer 24

straight line between 2 places

Question 25

I can almost ______ the writing on the glass when I hear a loud __________________________ overhead followed immediately by a heavy, wet, ______________ sound on the sidewalk all around me.

Answer 25

make out; feathery fluttering; rain-patter

Question 26

patter

Answer 26

verb: patter; 3rd person present: patters; past tense: pattered; past participle: pattered; gerund or present participle: pattering
1.
make a repeated light tapping sound. A flurry of rain pattered against the window

Question 27

In the same instant, I feel of _____________ of something warm and _____ on my head.

Answer 27

splatter; gloppy

Question 28

I ___________________, my stunned brain struggling to compute the meaning of the thick ______ of white and purple that spackle the pavement in front of me.

Answer 28

skid to a hault; gobs

Question 29

gob

noun: gob; plural noun: gobs

Answer 29

noun: gob; plural noun: gobs
1.
a lump or clot of a slimy or viscous substance.

Question 30

Oh God. I stand there stiff as a __________________, feeling the wet __________ my clothes.

Answer 30

scarecrow; leaching through

Question 31

leaching

Answer 31

(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
“the nutrient is quickly leached away”
synonyms:
drain, filter, percolate, seep, filtrate, strain
“the chemicals leach into our drinking water”
subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leaching process.

Question 32

It’s not until the shitty-sweet smell ____________ my nose that I am _________________ the full realization of what’s just happened.

Answer 32

assaults; struck with

Question 33

Trying not to _____________________ the thick bird-crappy stench that ________________ me.

Answer 33

breathe in; envelops

Question 34

It’s shit, Coop. A bird _______ me.

Answer 34

shat on

Question 35

Bird? MOre like a _______________________. Coop snorts. He cups his hand over his nose. Fuuck me. It reeks.

Answer 35

pterodactyl

Question 36

Tiny globs of guano _______ me as I shake with rag.

Answer 36

fly off

Question 37

Dude, Coop says, trying to compose himself. He ____________ and wipes the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Answer 37

sniffles

Question 38

Not even the Coopster can ________________ you’d need. I am sorry, but this mission is __________.

Answer 38

work the kind of miracle; over and out