Characters
What did Pilate cook, Milkman, and Guitar
What is a soft-boiled egg
Who shares stories and songs that connect family history
Who is Pilate
Macon Jr.’s car is nicknamed this by the community.
What is a hearse
Who does Milkman meet and befriend in sixth grade?
Who is Guitar
The rough neighborhood Milkman drives through with his father
What is the Blood Bank
What does Macon Jr reflect on for the first time in years?
What is Life on their farm or Lincoln’s Heaven
What is the relationship of Milkman to Hagar
What is a Cousin and love-interest
The object or image associated with freedom.
What are wings or flying
What is the event that gives Milkman a new curiosity about his family
What is visit to Pilate’s house
The street where the Dead family lives
What is Not Doctor Street
During a car ride to Honoré Beach, which family member did Milkman accidentally pee on, revealing his awkwardness and tendency to dwell on the past?
Who is Lena Dead
The childhood place where Pilate and Macon Jr. grew up
What is Lincoln’s Heaven?
The song is associated with Robert Smith and Pilate.
What is O Sugarman done fly away
Who instantly captivates Milkman at Pilate’s home?
Who is Hagar
The town Macon Jr. drives to to build summer homes.
What is Honoré
What is the full name of Pilate's daughter and granddaughter
Who is Rebecca and Hagar
Who influences Milkman’s worldview and challenges his morality
Who is Guitar
The motif representing ancestry and identity
What are names or naming
Who tells Milkman about the family’s past and ancestry?
Who is Pilate
What does Reba show the boys, and where did she get it?
What is a diamond ring she won for being Sears Roebuck’s half-millionth customer
How and where did Macon 1 die, and when Pilate and Macon Jr are in the countryside, what do they see his ghost doing?
What is shot while sitting on the fence, waiting for someone, and sitting on a stump in the sunlight
How does Pilate introduce Milkman to Hagar, and how should he treat her?
What is like a brother, even though he is her cousin, saying that one has to act the same to both.
Items that contrast Pilate’s values with Macon Jr.’s materialism.
What are money, property, possessions vs. Pilate’s simple home and independence
What does Macon 2 promise to Milkman
What is intro to the real estate business
How is Pilates House decorated
What is a moss-green sack hanging from the ceiling