Chapter 35

Question 1

Dad! I ______, my stomach ___________

Answer 1

choke out, free falling

Question 2

I clear my throat, make an X with my drumsticks, ____ Hairy Mary

Answer 2

hum

Question 3

But–

He ___ me ____ with an I-will strangle-you glare

Answer 3

cuts me off

Question 4

I knew it! Dad throws his handsi n the air in a _________ way

Answer 4

hosanna way

Question 5

Our band here is suffering a _____________

Answer 5

lead vocal crisis

Question 6

And we were just discussing the problem when you _________________________

Answer 6

descended to us from the heavens

Question 7

If Helen joins the band, it will completely _____________ any and all rock-and-roll awesomeness that this whole thing was going to ___________________

Answer 7

obliterate; bestow upon me

Question 8

I am the manger of this ______________ show, fella.

Answer 8

dog and pony show

Question 9

dog and pony show

Answer 9

dog and po·ny show
nounINFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
an elaborate display or presentation, especially as part of a promotional campaign.
“the department never really had a chance to get its dog and pony show under way”

Question 10

she pulls the mic from the stand, and _____ the cable

Answer 10

unwinds

Question 11

I grip my drumsticks tight in my hands, feeling like I just swallowed a ________ of broken glass

Answer 11

fistful

Question 12

I _______________ on my snare, ______ Matt ____ the opening blast of guitar

Answer 12

come down hard; launching into

Question 13

launch into

Answer 13

launch into
phrasal verb of launch
begin (something) energetically and enthusiastically.
“he launched into a two-hour sales pitch”

Question 14

We do _____ and then Helen leaps in with a perfectly-pitched knock you on your ass rock and roll scream

Answer 14

three bars

Question 15

she’s strutting around like she just _______________ with the rolling stones

Answer 15

got off tour

Question 16

Helen saunters over to Matt, __________ and singing to him that evreything is going to be all right, all right, all right

Answer 16

leaning in

Question 17

And I get the strangest ____ of jealousy in my chest

Answer 17

pang

Question 18

Helen spins the microphone around in fast circles ___________

Answer 18

on its cord

Question 19

I am in a haze of confusion as the last ____ of the ______ dies out

Answer 19

crash; cymbals

Question 20

this band is supposed to save me from her ________ reputation

Answer 20

corrosive

Question 21

get a pair

Answer 21

get a pair
An insult designed to get someone to show some courage. It is given in a direct and coarse manner, that men, but women and men too, can relate to. Also used when describing someone else.

Question 22

Finally we sound like we’ve _________

Answer 22

got a pair

Question 23

Wow, Sean says, you were totally _______

Answer 23

stagg

Question 24

I’d _________ vote

Answer 24

put it to a vote

Question 25

I open my mouth to protest but my throat is plugged with the thick ____ of feelings ______ around inside me

Answer 25

stew; roiling

Question 26

roil

Answer 26

roil
/roil/
verb
gerund or present participle: roiling
1.
LITERARY
make (a liquid) turbid or muddy by disturbing the sediment.
"winds roil these waters"

Question 27

If anyone has any problem with it, they can __________________________ my hairy ass

Answer 27

take it up with

Question 28

It’s a freaking nuclear _____ dorpped right in the center of my baseball stadium

Answer 28

missile