1
James only finds comfort from his grief in one place - where?
Louisa’s bed
It’s July 3rd, Lydia has been _____ months since Lydia “disappeared”
2
Who is angry enough with their father, who tells Marilyn that he’s having an affair?
Nath
Does Louisa admit to Marilyn that she’s having an affair with James?
No
Where does Marilyn spend most of her days?
In Lydia's room
James becomes even more infuriated with Nath because he starts to remind him of whom?
Lydia
Officer Fiske calls to tell James they’re closing the investigation and ruling Lydia’s death as a ____
suicide
Who in Marilyn’s life would say this to her: that their children won’t fit in anywhere. “They would be flippered and imbecile and doomed”
her mother
What emotion does James seem to only be feeling now?
Anger
How does Ng build sympathy for James, despite his mistakes?
He saw his daughter's body
What does Nath smell on James?
Perfume
Marilyn says to James in response to the polices’ ruling, “they’d still be out looking for her is she were a _____ _____”
white girl
Hannah looks at Jack’s ______ and that’s what makes her realize that he’s incapable of hurting anyone
hands
Who makes an observation about Jack that changes the trajectory of how everyone else THINKS about his character?
Hannah
What themes does Hannah's character represent in the story? Name 2
silence, invisibility, neglect, impact of secrets
James says that Nath didn’t know anything about Lydia’s life - almost in an accusatory way. James regrets it and slams his first down crushing a ____ on the kitchen table.
Hard boiled egg
3 pieces of evidence that suggest to the police that it is indeed suicide
history of loneliness, slipping grades, going out on the lake when she knows she can’t swim
What symbolized meaning does the lake have in the novel thus far?
drowning
Lydia feels pressure from her parents. But what does she feel from Nath that is arguably, significantly worse?
ignored / uncared for
I am born where two become one and finish where one becomes many.
I wear a glassy skin by morning and a black cloak at night;
I steal pieces of mountains, cradle towns, and move without legs.
What am I?
river
What does the egg symbolize?
The family structure/bond/dynamic
James runs to Louisa’s house post an argument with Marilyn. Louisa makes bao buns. James is so taken aback that he speaks Chinese for the first time in 40 years. Significance?
He feels comfortable with that side of himself with Louisa because she's "like him"
Post his fight with Marilyn, James looks at Louisa and thinks
"I should have fallen in love with a woman who looked just like this. A woman just like him”
What does the flashback structure of the novel help the reader understand about the Lee family?
Help us understand why they are the way they are in the present time
I copy every word you give me but speak it back from a distance;
I live in hollows, halls, and empty mouths, yet I have no lungs.
Call me softly and I will meet you, shout and I will still return — altered but true.
What am I?
an echo