Chapter 45

Question 1

despite all my hopes and prayers, Monday arrives ____________

Answer 1

on scheulde

Question 2

I’ve got that roller-coaster-just-_______________-a-twelve-story-drop feeling in my gut as I lie in bed

Answer 2

cresting

Question 3

I kept waking up all night–my body _________________ sweat–nightmares of Helen slowly opening the acceptance letter. The look of confusion, anger, and horror on her face as she reads it. The slow ___________ as to who was responsible

Answer 3

drenched in; dawning

Question 4

Or maybe convince her to wear a _____ mask or something onstage so nobody reconizes her

Answer 4

kabuki mask

Question 5

Sure, I overdo it a little, let my mind wander and leave it on the bulb a bit too long. _____ y tongue when I stick it back in m ymouth

Answer 5

scald

Question 6

scald

Answer 6

scald1
/skôld/
verb
1.
injure with very hot liquid or steam.
"the tea scalded his tongue"
synonyms:	burn, scorch, sear; technicalcauterize
"the boiling water scalded his skin"
noun
1.
a burn or other injury caused by hot liquid or steam.

Question 7

And mom-barely _____ when she sees my hundred and ten degree temperature

Answer 7

bats an eye

Question 8

Once Mom heads out to her babysitting gig and Dad leaves for his morning shift at the machine shop, I’ve got ______ over the house

Answer 8

free reign

Question 9

i ____ the phone and start pacing around the room

Answer 9

click off

Question 10

I kill a couple of hours on Xbox, wandering around REnaissance Italy searching for religious treasures and assassinating conspirators who try to get in my way. Just to give whoever delivers Helen’s mail time to star their ____________

Answer 10

rounds

Question 11

If I am lucky–not something I can exactly count on these days–the letter will be waiting in Helen’s mailbox ready for me to __________ and tear up

Answer 11

pluck out

Question 12

As I coast up to Helen’s house on my bike, I survey the neighborhood. Nobody’s around, so I _____ my bike up the drive

Answer 12

wheel

Question 13

Lay it down quietly on the ground. then I walk super-quiet up onto the porch, holding my breath, praying Mrs. Harriwick is ____________ in the back of the house

Answer 13

sequestered

Question 14

sequestered

Answer 14

se·ques·tered
/səˈkwestərd/
adjective
(of a place) isolated and hidden away.
"a wild sequestered spot"

Question 15

make 3 sentences with sequestered

Answer 15

se·ques·tered
/səˈkwestərd/
adjective
(of a place) isolated and hidden away.
"a wild sequestered spot"

Question 16

The dead bolt ______, sending my purlse soaring

Answer 16

snicks

Question 17

Mrs. Harriwick reaches into the mailbox and tries to tuge the ________________ letters out, but they are really stuck in htere

Answer 17

mangled

Question 18

she pulls and pulls, _____ he metal box. Finally, it all comes free in a crumpled up wad of paper

Answer 18

rattling