Random
definition of "rictus" (n)1 (pg. 72)
opening of the mouth
“Pop weaves in and out of the trees, straight and slim and brown
as a young pine tree. He spits in the dry red dirt, and the wind
makes the trees wave. It’s cold. is spring is stubborn; most
days, it won’t make way for warmth”
Jojo
“the way you could grab it and get a toehold
here, a bloody handhold there, the way they cut them trees flat so that
land is empty and open to the ends of the earth, and you think, I can
get out of here if I set my #### to it. I can follow the right stars” (22).
Mind
"After my second day at the Cold Drink, I knew why Misty
worked so hard: she was high every night. Lortab, Oxycontin,
coke, Ecstasy, meth." (30).
chapter 2
what is Sage's birthday
October 17th
Leonie gathers _____ to show she will not be selfish
Rocks
“A year after Given died, Mama planted a tree for him. One
every anniversary, she said, pain cracking her voice. If I live long
enough, going to be a forest here, she said, a whispering forest. Talking
about the wind and pollen and beetle rot.” (44)
Leonie
“And then he is pointing, and I see the sign nailed to a tree feet away from the
#######. No Trespassing. He accelerates.” (48)
Mailbox
"Maybe because part of me wanted her to leap for me, to smear orange vomit over the front of my shirt as her little tan body sought mine, always sought mine, our hearts separated by the thin cages of our ribs, exhaling and inhaling, our blood in sync." (80)
Chapter 4
What is Cora's middle name
Rachel
definition of "stoic" (n) (pg.83)
A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.
“As I grew older, it was easier for me to remember, to answer her quickly as we picked our way
around tree roots. Wormseed, I would say. Good for getting rid of worms if you use it like seasoning in food.” (84).
Leonie
“his ### snapped like a tree limb. His elbow bent wrong, a piece of bone sticking out of his upper arm, pearly as a jade oyster shell. Michael said his own laughter scared even him, then: high and breathless as a young girl’s,” (127).
Arm
"It feels good to be mean, to speak past the baby I can’t hit and let that anger touch another. The one I’m never good enough for. Never Mama for." (117)
Chapter 7
How many other siblings does Lainie have
2
Did Michael want to start a garden once he got out of jail?
Yes
“don’t even see the boy staring at us from the shadow of a tall, many-armed pine tree until Kayla’s pinching my arms, saying, “No no, Jojo.” (182)
Jojo
“Been hoping I’d run into her on one of my walks. And when I see him, part of me knows it ain’t never going to be Mam, never going to be her sitting on a tree trunk, a rotten stump, waiting for me. That I’m never going to see her or hear Uncle ##### call me nephew again.” (223)
Given
“It’s time.”
“What?” I say.
Mama clears her throat, but her whisper is no louder: too-
long pant hems dragging over dirt.
“It’s time.”
“For what, Mama?”
“For me to go.” (170)
Chapter 10
What school did we all go to
Sandwich
What do Manta Rays symbolize? (pg.155)
they guide and they are " Secrets hidden deep in ones soul is rising to the surface"
“And then he is pointing, and I see the sign nailed to a tree feet away from the
mailbox. No Trespassing. He accelerates.” (48)
Leonie
“He ascends the tree like the white snake. He undulates along the trunk, to the branches, where he rolls out along one, again in a recline. And the branches are full. They are full with ######, two or three, all the way up to the top, to the feathered leaves.” (224).
Ghosts
"Mama looks beyond me, to the corner where Michaela has
seated herself, still except for the song she is singing as she
squints and then glares at Mama. Mama’s eyes skitter to my face,
up to the ceiling, down at her ruined body. Away, away.
“I heard him,” she whispers. “ought it was a . . .” She pants.
“Cat.” (210)
Chapter 14
What was the name of Sage's hamster who died in a bowl of Mac and cheese
Peaches