chapter 39

Question 1

A _____ of black hair starts to peek over the ledge in torturous slow motion

Answer 1

mop

Question 2

a mop of hair is

Answer 2

a lot of hair in thick mass

Question 3

Oh God. I cannot believe this is happening to me. I will nevre be able to ___________________. Not ever. Not in a million years.

Answer 3

able to live this down

Question 4

It’s Nessa, and as soon as she catches sight of me, her eyes ______. Holy shit! she blurts

Answer 4

bug

Question 5

bug eyed

Answer 5

protruding eyes

Question 6

It’s Nessa and as soon as she _______________________, her eyes bug.

Answer 6

catches sight of me

Question 7

a spiritual monestary

Answer 7

ashram

Question 8

slight ‘dig’

Answer 8

insult or jokes that embarrass someone

Question 9

You nailed it with your latte and it looks pretty pissed. It’s all red-eyed and _______________ at the mouth. I think it might be ______ actually

Answer 9

frothing; rabid

Question 10

Oh Nessa. Oh my God thank you thank you thank you.

I _____________ and make what I iagine to be a loud _________ raccoon sound, kind of a hiss-howl thing.

Answer 10

take the cue; rabid;

Question 11

“Reeeeek!” I ________________, scraping the side of the metal of the bin with my fingernails

Answer 11

screech

Question 12

The girls’ shoes ________________ the snow as they stampede away

Answer 12

crunch through

Question 13

the girls’ shoes crunch thru the snow as they ________________.

Answer 13

stampede away

Question 14

brave

Answer 14

endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear.
“we had to brave the full heat of the sun”

Question 15

It does, and after waiting another few just-to-be-safe minutes, I finally ________ getting to my feet.

Answer 15

brave

Question 16

Nessa totally saved me. I don’t get it. One minute I think she’s in ______________ with Cathy, and the next she’s _____________________________ the most embarrassing situation of my life

Answer 16

cahoots; bailing me out of

Question 17

in alliance with

Answer 17

in cahoots with

Question 18

Only to see the Wal-Mart door start to push open again.

Goddamn it, here they come. Probably armed with cameras or _________________ or something.

Answer 18

harpoons

Question 19

a kind of spear to spear fish

Answer 19

harpoon

Question 20

Goddamn it, here they come. Porbably armed with cameras or harpoons or something. I knew Nessa’s ____________________________ seemed too good to be true

Answer 20

turnaround

Question 21

turnaround means

Answer 21

an abrupt and unexpected change

Question 22

I _______ the dumpster, _____ the ground, and try to shimmy underneath. Gravel pokes into my naked chest, arms and thighs. But there’s no wa I’ll fit. It’s too low. too tight

Answer 22

dive behind; flop to

Question 23

I dive behind the dumpsters, flop to the ground, and try to __________ underneath

Answer 23

shimmy

Question 24

graval ______ my naked chest, arms and thighs

Answer 24

poke into

Question 25

I look up ____ the ground to see Nessa standing there, partially ______________________ the sun, with something ____________________ in her right hand

Answer 25

from; silhouetted againt; wadded up

Question 26

wadded means

Answer 26

a small lump, mass; e.g. a wad of paper

Question 27

The she holds out the ________________ thing she’s been holding. I got you an old uniform.

Answer 27

balled-up

Question 28

psyched means

Answer 28

pumped, excited

Question 29

I’ve nevre been so ____________________ khakis and a polo in my entire life

Answer 29

psyched

Question 30

sure it’s a _______________. But Nessa doesn’t even crack a smile

Answer 30

lame joke

Question 31

sure it’s a lame joke; but nessa doesn’t even _____

Answer 31

crack a smile