chapter 38

Question 1

scale means

Answer 1

climb something steep; he scales the cliff beside the river

Question 2

Where can I hide? I’ll never make it to the fence in time. Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to ______________ it.

Answer 2

scale

Question 3

Desperately I leap up, grab the ledge of the empty dumpster, and ______________ the side just in time to hear the _______ of the __________________ on the door followed by girls’ laughter ___________________________ the open air.

Answer 3

clamber up; snick; push bar; spilling out into

Question 4

Kye’s parents are out of town, another girl says. He was supposed to have a party, but he totally __________.

Answer 4

pussied out

Question 5

pussied out means

Answer 5

to back out of something because of cowardice

Question 6

There’s the ______________ of lighters being lit and soon the ___________________ of cigarettes mixes with the nasty wet-dog-farts-and-blue-cheese dumpster stink around me

Answer 6

skritch; pungent smell

Question 7

scalp means

Answer 7

to buy things at their usual price and sell them at much higher price when they are difficult to get

Question 8

We’re going to try and ______ tickes for Angel’s Womb, a third girl says. They’re playing Nocturnal Submissions ______________ Dowling.

Answer 8

scalp; over in

Question 9

My mom was a major ______________________ when she was pregnant with my little brother.

Answer 9

train wreck

Question 10

Yup. I hear Cathy ______________________ a ciagrette. That about sums it up.

Answer 10

take a drag on

Question 11

I don’t even want the stupid thing in the first place, right? I mean, I know that sounds totally ______, but it’s true.

Answer 11

bratty

Question 12

bratty means

Answer 12

spoiled; self-centered; badly behaved

Question 13

Jesus Christ. She’s gone public with that? I grip m knees even tighter, feeling my entire body _____________.

Answer 13

flush with heat

Question 14

I clench my eyes shut. Just go away. Just go back inside so I can get out of this reeking dumpster and _____________________ of diginity

Answer 14

cling to my last shred of diginity

Question 15

A millisecond later, I feel something ______________ and liquid ___ my stomach

Answer 15

lukewarm; hit

Question 16

My eyes spring open and a surprised _________ escapes my lips before I can stop it.

Answer 16

squeal

Question 17

I look down to see a brown puddle spreading across my stomach and ___________ my boxers, making it look like I just _________ my shorts

Answer 17

soaking; squirshed