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Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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Who saw Susie standing under neath the clock?
Buckley
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When her farther mentioned the sink hole on the phone, where was Ruth?
Ruth was in the walk in closet she rented on first avenue
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What did Abigail imagine on her flight to the ER in Philadelphia?
She imagined Jack at the winery sitting on oak barrels holding a broken wedge-wood cup towards her.
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What did Susie start keeping a list of and why was it important?
She kept a list of the living and it was to counter the list of the dead.
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What University did Lindsey and Samuel graduate from?
Temple University
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Ruth says alcohol affects ______ as it affects people the same?
she says it affects materials just the same as people.
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Abigail's immediate reaction to fly back to Philadelphia after leaving Susie's picture by the tree trunk symbolizes what?
It symbolizes that she is ready to put the past behind her and that she never really lost the need and love for her family.
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What was the young girl selling outside the hospital and what was the importance of it?
The girl was selling daffodils with lavender ribbons tied around the stem and the importance was that it was Susie's flower.
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What did Susie call her box that she kept film rolls in?
She called it the "rolls to hold back" box.
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What does the sink hole symbolize to Ruth?
It symbolizes the place she keeps her secrets.
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Who does grandma Lynn receive a message from in the hospital and why does she fold it up and put it in her purse?
The message is from from Len Fenerman and she put it in her purse because she wants to make sure that he never enters their lives again.
300
How did Len view the charm belonging to Susie and how did he expect it to help her father?
He viewed the charm as a talisman and expected it to speed up her father's recovery.
400
What did Susie running around in heaven with it's head cut off symbolize?
It symbolized Susie's happiness.
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What theme did Keesha's dad's death portray?
Overcoming loss.
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What does Abigail pay the price for not wanting to be a mother?
The death of her daughter and the furious anger of her son.
400
What "game" was Susie's mum playing in the hospital parking lot and why was it important?
She was seeing what she could see in everyone's car and it was a way to not feel lonely or alien anymore.
500
What theme did the undeveloped patch of land where the Victorian house was portray?
It showed more and more of the disappearing land and showed development of suburbia.
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What was the revelation when the light began to fade and the sky turned dark?
It's her grandfather in Heaven.
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In the hospital what does Jack compare his and Abigail's marriage too and what does it symbolize?
A long ago ship with broken planks and boards and it symbolizes the lies and abandonment that Abigail committed to her husband and children.
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What did Susie whisper to her parents when they were both asleep in the hospital?
"Stones and bones; snow and frost; seeds and beans and polliwogs. Paths and twigs, assorted kisses, we all know who Susie misses."
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