Guess The Character
This Jewish businessman owns the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store and is known throughout Chicken Hill for his kindness.
Who is Moshe Ludlow?
Dodo is fully able to hear and speak normally throughout the novel.
What is False? (Dodo lost his hearing in an explosion).
The two main marginalized groups living side by side in the Chicken Hill neighborhood.
Who are Black residents and Jewish immigrants?
She insisted on letting low-income neighbors buy food on credit, saying, "Their money spends the same."
Who is Chona Ludlow?
The young deaf Black boy who becomes the central focus of state authorities and the entire Chicken Hill community.
Who is Dodo?
Moshe's ambitious brother who runs the theater business and operates with a very different mindset regarding money and integration.
Who is Isaac Ludlow?
The novel opens in 1972 with the discovery of human bones at the bottom of an old well.
What is True?
The white supremacist organization active in 1920s Pennsylvania whose members, like Doc Roberts, openly march in local parades.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
"Music had the power to bring Black and Jewish residents together in his theater."
Who is Moshe Ludlow?
The physical trauma Dodo suffered as a young child that resulted in his total loss of hearing.
What is a stove explosion?
The prominent local doctor and town figure whose authority poses a constant threat to Chicken Hill.
Who is Doc Roberts?
Doc Roberts is a kind community leader who helps Chona run the grocery store.
What is False? (Doc Roberts is a racist town doctor and Klan member).
The wave of Southern Black migration to Northern industrial towns like Pottstown during the 1920s, which shaped the growing community on Chicken Hill.
What is The Great Migration?
"I am only here conducting official business on behalf of the county health department."
The medical emergency Chona suffers inside the store during a tense confrontation with town authorities.
What is a seizure / collapse?
This quiet, respected Black handyman and theater worker acts as a pillar of protection for the residents of Chicken Hill.
Who is Nate Timblin?
Chona collapses from a seizure while confronting Doc Roberts inside her store in Chapter 11.
What is True?
What is our professor's name.
Dr. Samantha Schenck
"If something happens on Chicken Hill, I know about it before the sun goes down."
Who is Paper?
Dodo's immediate, protective reaction when Doc Roberts corners and aggressively lays hands on an incapacitated Chona.
What is attacking Doc Roberts to defend Chona?
This woman, married to Nate Timblin, helps care for young Dodo and plays a central role in protecting him from authorities.
Who is Addie Timblin?
At the end of Chapter 12, Dodo successfully escapes to New York City.
What is False? (Dodo is captured and sent to Pennhurst State School).
The nickname of the boy Dodo meets at Pennhurst in Chapter 12 who communicates by moving a single finger.
Who is Monkey Pants?
"A well is full of many things, but a man's mind should not be trapped in the past."
Who is Malachi?
The critical decision Nate, Addie, and Chona face at the end of Chapter 12 after the raid on Chicken Hill turns violent.
What is smuggling Dodo off Chicken Hill to a hidden location outside the reach of local authorities?