Quotes
"There is so much more to do, so much yet to be mended. But for now, he thinks only of this, his daughter, here in his arms."
James. He and Hannah bond over Lydia's death together by playing a game that James and Lydia used to play when she was younger.
Marilyn's car was in the garage when James arrived.
False. Nath took Marilyn's car to cope by himself by drinking alcohol.
Who chases after Jack?
Nath.
Bonus Points
Tic Tac Toe
"It can wait, she decides. She is used to keeping people's secrets."
Hannah.
Nath was home at the time James arrived
True, he was dropped off earlier by Officer Fiske.
Why didn't Jack fight back?
Jack knew that Nath needed someone to blame and release his anger on.
Who was Jack walking with before he gets chased by Nath?
His dog.
"When, a long, long time later, he stares down at the silent blue marble of the earth."
Nath. This is foreshadowing his future of being an astronaut.
There is a footprint on the ceiling.
True. Hannah points up to the ceiling to show James.
What swimming technique does Nath use to get back to Hannah?
Dog-paddle.
Bonus points
Rock, Paper, Scissors
A faint tremor shakes his voice. "About Everything."
Hannah and Marilyn bonded before James came home.
True. Hannah and Marilyn bonded before James had come home. They held eachother and cried on Lydia's bed all afternoon until Marilyn had fallen asleep.
Why does Nath let himself fall into the lake?
He wanted to feel what Lydia was feeling in the moment when she was in the lake before she died.
Why was Nath wearing yesterday's clothes?
He came home drunk.
"That evening, the sureness, feels ancient now, like something grown small with the distance of years."
Marilyn. The feeling is referring to when it was before she had kids and before she got married.
Marilyn and James fought in this chapter.
False. Both Marilyn and James said they thought they had gone forever. They did not say anything else after that and spent time in bed together.
What does Marilyn see when she opens the door to Lydia's room at last?
Marilyn envisions seeing the shape of Lydia in her bed, seeing her alive and breathing. Taking it as the last image of her daughter sleeping before Marilyn blinks again.
What does James repeat to himself on his way back home?
"it is not too late."