Chapter 1 and 2
First Woman and African-American City Manager of Lambert, South Carolina, who "... wagered her reputation, her job, and perhaps her overall career on a hunch.” (Chapter 1 and 2)
Abigail Caldwell
How old is Brandon? (Chapter 3)
11
Candice listens to music on this device, owned previously by her dad (Chapter 5).
iPod
Who does Tori suspect is the "ringleader" of the bullies that hurt Brandon? (Chapter 8)
Milo
Ms. McMillan mentions what type of game between Perkins (Black school) and Wallace (white school) in 1957? (Chapter 10)
tennis
What was Enoch's nickname for Siobhan? (Chapter 12)
Lil' Dub
Abigail Saying: "Just because you don't see the ____ doesn't mean it's not there." (Chapter 2)
path
What does Candice's mom do for a living? (Chapter 3)
Romance Novelist
Find the path. Solve the ______. (Chapter 6)
What other name did Enoch Washington go by? (Chapter 8)
Big Dub
Who was the mysterious benefactor that Candice and Brandon discover at the Perkins Memorial Room? (Chapter 10)
James Parker
What aspect of Brandon's identity is Milo implying (rudely) when he said, "Brandon doesn't like girls... It ain't hard to tell." (Chapter 11)
Sexual Orientation
The place that Candice considers her "real" home and where her dad currently lives (Chapter 2)
Atlanta, Georgia
Candice's mother notices that all three of them love reading and calls them a "... big group of ___ _____" (Chapter 3)
word nerds
How much was the inheritance/treasure according to the author of the letter? (Chapter 6)
$40 Million
"Vickers Park has been around for a long time. During the time of ___ ___, it was the only public place where Blacks could peacefully meet." (Chapter 8)
Jim Crow
The game between Perkins-Wallace would have been a bigger deal, but it had supposedly taken place during what time? (Chapter 10)
midnight
"I named you after you granddaddy. The last slave in this family. Which means he was also the first free man in this family." What was that name? (Chapter 12)
Enoch
The primary setting of the novel (Chapter 1)
Lambert, South Carolina
Brandon's Grandad saying: "Word travels fasts and _______ long in the South" (Chapter 4)
lingers
What type of book does Brandon pick up while in the attic? (Chapter 6)
Greek Mythology
What is the name of Brandon's granddad? (Chapter 8)
Rudolph Gibbs
Candice and Brandon find a trophy that had mysteriously been placed on a desk at the Memorial Room about a Perkins-Wallace Exhibition with what date on it? (Chapter 10)
August 10, 1957
The smart and beautiful school teacher that Enoch married (Chapter 12).
Leanne Diggs
Candice noticed that her grandmother's house even smelled like her - what smell was that? (Chapter 2)
Fresh Lavender
Candice learns from Brandon that Vickers Park is located in what neighborhood, not too far from PJs? (Chapter 4)
Vista Heights
Alternate versions of the letter were to who (besides Abigail Caldwell)? (Chapter 6) Hint: 4 Other People!
Mayor, School District Superintendent, Chair of School Board, and Editor of Lambert Trader
Which of the Allen's had a missing eye? (Chapter 8)
Marion Allen
Who did the Washington family owe a debt to? (Chapter 9)
Mr. Tidwell
Siobhan was Leanne's grandmother's name, who was of ____ descent. (Chapter 12)
Irish