chapter 43

Question 1

Evelyn’s at her locker, her back to me as I approach. My mouth is _________ and I am dizzy with fear. If this were a scene in a movie, there’d be a loud thumping heartbeat __________________________, ___________ by creepy tension-building music

Answer 1

on the soundtrack; underscored

Question 2

I have two pieces of music I need to _______ here

Answer 2

impart

Question 3

Presumably, she should be happy and accept it as ___________________.

Answer 3

an olive branch

Question 4

an olive branch

Answer 4

a peaceful gesture; a sign of reconciliation

Question 5

Myabe she’ll be _______________________, or maybe she knows Nick arranged it and will come at me like a honey badger _______ a cobra

Answer 5

over the moon; after

Question 6

over the moon means

Answer 6

extremely happy; delighted

Question 7

Anyway it all sounds totally true because it is all true, and with Nick ________________ the cell-phone part, I’ve even got Evelyn laughing by the time I’m all thru

Answer 7

corroborating

Question 8

corroborate

Answer 8

confirm, support a theory, statement or finding

the witnesses have corroborated the boy’s account of attack

Question 9

And so, when I _________________ asking her if she’ll come to dinner with me at Le Chat Noir on VAlentine’s DAy, Evelyn is beaming

Answer 9

get around to

Question 10

She _______ another death hug. WE’re going to make the best movie ever! You just wait and see

Answer 10

dives in for

Question 11

As soon as I _________ drama class, I head right over to Leyna, who’s searching in her messenger bag for soething

Answer 11

step foot into

Question 12

My bird crap _____ went over so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to _________________________ the same gory details with Leyna, only as I’m about to say it I realize that the last thing I want is for her to have any of those images of me in her mind

Answer 12

saga; launch in to

Question 13

saga meaning

Answer 13

a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic.

Question 14

My bird crap saga ___________ so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to…

Answer 14

went over

Question 15

to begin enthusiastically

Answer 15

launch into; he launch into a two hour speech

Question 16

My brain ________________ a partial truth

Answer 16

scrambles for

Question 17

a startreck figure

Answer 17

a kliongon

Question 18

He swallowed one of my toy–er, figurines. A Klionon. And he started ___________________ vomiting.

Answer 18

projectile

Question 19

Is he okay? Leyna ask, _____ her shutter shades and sounding genuinely concerned.

Answer 19

raising

Question 20

It was close though, because it could have __________ his intestines.

Answer 20

ruptured

Question 21

Sorry Leyna laughs. I didn’t mean to ____________

Answer 21

put you on the spot

Question 22

put someone on the spot

Answer 22

force someone in a situation where they have to make difficult decision or answer difficult quesitons

Question 23

An electric current ______________ m ybody

Answer 23

shoots thru

Question 24

Leyna __________ a hug. Oh, man I could never gt tired of this. Such a ___________Evelyn’s strangling.

Answer 24

pulls me in for; stark contrast

Question 25

complete

Answer 25

stark; sheer

Question 26

relating to drama and the theatre

Answer 26

thespian

Question 27

All right, thespians. Today we are going to _______________ an exciting new projec

Answer 27

start on

Question 28

And so _________________ giving you all some real-world experience, I’ve decided to dedicate a portion of our class to helping Mr. Hane accomplish this goal

Answer 28

in the interest of

Question 29

The first thingwe’ll do is have SEan announce his _______________________________, which he’s informed me were finalized this weekend

Answer 29

leading casting choices

Question 30

I know we’re all very interested to find out who ___________

Answer 30

made the cut

Question 31

Then we’ll do a complete ________________ of these early scenes

Answer 31

read through of

Question 32

worry less about the improvements to my script and more about just how professional Mr. Nestman will be when he finds out he didn’t __________ one of the leading roles

Answer 32

land