What is the main characters name?

Outside, the rain was ____, and Darryl knew the party he had planned would have to be moved indoors.

The shopkeeper was a ____; man who would literally keep chattering until the customer walked away.

After the fire, the smell of smoke would ____ the neighborhood and remain for several days.

Try as the kitten might, the old dog was ____ and would simply not be coaxed into a battle.

Features a narrator who speaks directly to the reader, uses the pronouns I and ME, and sees everything through the narrator's eyes.

Continuing or seeming to continue without stopping.

A skirt or slip worn under a dress or outer skirt

Not able to be excited or disturbed.

The narrator sometimes does not fully understand his own experiences. They are too innocent to see reality.

To jump, to move or act quickly or suddenly.

To make a low or indistinct sound, especially continuously. To speak in a low tone or indistinctly.

Exaggerated feelings of passion for another person. → Infatuation

A marketplace or shopping quarter. → Bazaar

to make or force one's way by pushing or elbowing; to bump, shove, brush against; to compete for → Murmur

Vivid words or phrases that describe something or someone. These details give readers a strong sense of the narrator's reaction to his experience. → Descriptive Details

To stray or fall behind → Straggle