Vocab
The meaning of the word "Prenatal"
What is before the birth of a child occurs?
This character is the girlfriend of the protagonist.
Who is Nia?
What happens when Bobby is walking home on his birthday?
What is Nia hands him a balloon and says she has something to tell him?
What is the major theme of First Part Last?
What is Responsibility, Loss, Change, Fatherhood, and Teen Pregnancy?
The setting the novel takes place in?
What is New York City?
The meaning of the word "Bluegrass"
What is a genre of music?
This character lives in Ohio and is the brother of the protagonist...
Who is Paul?
As a result of Nia's high blood pressure, her parents want to do this.
What is send Nia to live with her grandmother in Georgia?
How does Nia react to her pregnancy?
What is confessed that she does not "want to be anybody's mother."?
The difference between the "than and "now chapters in the novel.
What is "Than" takes place in the past when Nia was Pregnant with Feather figuring out the next steps with Bobby, and "now" is Bobby taking responsibility for Feather and becoming a father?
The meaning of the word "Jones"
What is a carving or desire for something?
The downstairs friendly neighbor who watches Feather for Bobby.
Who is Coco Fernandez?
Why does Bobby move to Heaven, Ohio at the end of the novel?
What is his brother lives there with his kids and said it was a great place to raise children?
What is the climax/turning point of the story?
What is when we learn about Nia's condition (that she has been in a coma ever since she had given birth to Feather.)
How many hours ago had Bobby dropped off Feather at Coco's house to go to school that morning?
What is fourteen hours?
The meaning of the word "Caftan"
What is a long, loose fitting dress worn by women?
This character used to watch Bobby when he was younger.
Who is Jackie?
Prior to Bobby keeping Feather, he and Nia had originally decided to do this with the baby.
What is give the baby up for a closed adoption?
Why did Nia's parents not help out Bobby with Feather.
What is they wanted Bobby to give Feather up for adoption, and the resemblance of Nia in Feather might have been too much to handle when seeing her because of them losing their daughter?
What did Nia want to be at five years old?
What is a firefighter?
The meaning of the word "Gurgling"
What is a bubbling type of mouth sound?
This character is only mentioned twice in the novel.
Who is Just Frank?
Why does Bobby decide to keep his daughter, Feather?
What is he meets Feather in the hospital for the first time and notices the resemblance to her mother?
What causes Nia to go into a coma?
What is her high blood pressure condition (eclampsia)?
Why did Bobby name his child Feather?
What is when Bobby saw her it was like someone brushed the air with a feather?