Names
The legal first name of the protagonist in "Our Missing Hearts"
Who is Noah?
The character who says, "I'm looking for a story...It's a story-someone told me a long time ago. There's a boy, and a lot of cats" (Ng 53)
Who is Bird?
Where Iris's grandmother (Sabe's mother) is from in "Red at the Bone"
Where is Tulsa (or Oklahoma)?
The familial relationship between Abigail and Rev Parris
What is uncle and niece?
The person with Bird at the cabin while Margaret's plan is being executed.
Who is Sadie?
The character who says "She is not a part of your life anymore. As far as we're concerned, she doesn't exist. Do you understand, Noah? Tell me you understand" (Ng 25)
Who is Ethan/Bird's father?
The state Joe and his family live in "The Round House"
Where is North Dakota?
The college Iris and Melody both attend in "Red at the Bone"
What is Oberlin College?
The 1st names of Bird's parents.
Who are Margaret and Ethan?
The character who says, "Yesterday...on this quiet street, Family Services officers arrived at the home of Sonia Lee Chun and took custody of her four-year-old son, David. The reason? A recent post by Sonia on social media, arguing that PACT was being used to target members of the Asian American community" (Ng 40-41)
Who is Sadie's mother (Erika)?
Iris's age when she gets pregnant with Melody in "Red at the Bone"
What is 15?
The "dream girl" that Cappy is in love with in "The Round House"
Who is Zelia?
The author and activist Margaret is inspired by as she is orally collecting stories (also quoted in 1 of the epigraphs of this book)
Who is Anna Akhmatova?
The character who says, "You're all that matters. I don't want to do it anymore. I just don't want to take any chances...we'll find another way to help...something less risky" (Ng 266)
Who is Margaret/Bird's mom?
What Abigail Williams claims Mary Warren has sent to attack her in court
What is a bird (specifically, a yellow bird)?
The author of "Harrison Bergeron"
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
Bird's 7th grade teacher
Who is Mrs. Pollard?
The character who says, "We don't burn out books...We pulp them. Much more civilized, right? Mash them up, recycle them into toilet paper. Those books wiped someone's rear end a long time ago" (Ng 58)
Who is the librarian?
The name of the origami tiger in "The Paper Menagerie"
Who is Laohu?
The 1st thing Sonja buys with the money Joe found in "The Round House"
What are a pair of diamond earrings?