Anna
How did Anna get the Maypop flowers?
She burned the chicken that Mrs. Petunia was cooking for Mr. Crumb. Anna volunteers to go fishing. After she set out a fishing line she picked Maypop flowers.
Why did Sanzi prepare mud for her father, David, to used before the patrol?
To use as glue for his camouflage.
How has Homer changed after 21 days in Freewater?
He no longer peeked around corners or trees looking for the white people at the plantation.
How did Nora try to make Rose feel better?
She would leave a flower or ribbon for Rose.
How does Billy feel that he's picked to help hang the bridge?
He is scared and even thinks about breaking a leg or faking illness to get out of bridge hanging.
How did Anna get the whiskey to add to the flower pulp?
After serving the burned and poorly executed dinner, she asked Mr. Crumb if he wanted whiskey and went to get his bottle and pour out enough to cover her flowers.
Sanzi wanted to go on patrol with her father but instead spent the day with who?
Mrs. Light
Where did Homer and Ada stay the first few nights in Freewater?
With Billy and his father, Ibra.
What was she excited for today?
The bubbling pot of peach preserves.
What does Suleman tell Homer before he went down from the bridge?
That Homer's mom is alive, not sold and helping with wedding preparations.
Mrs. Crumb was going to lock up the whiskey for the wedding in the cupboard, but she hadn't added the Maypop flower liquid.
What did Mrs. Light and Sanzi go to collect in the muck?
Ginger
What were the children doing in the field?
Gathering corn.
What does Mrs. Crumb order Nora to do?
To wear her hair down to cover her eye and birth defect.
Where is Ferdinand's knife.
It is hidden in the corn field.
How was Anna able to get the Maypop liquid into the whiskey?
She lied that Violet wanted to put somethings into the cupboard for safe keeping and while Mrs. Crumb looked for Violet she emptied the Maypop liquid into the whiskey cask.
Who is Sanzi named after
Mrs. Sanzi, the oldest woman on the plantation, who taught Mrs. Light about the swamp.
What didn't Homer want Ada to remember?
How Mrs. Crumb punished her with boiling hot water.
What does Mrs. Crumb do to Nora that gives Rose so much pain?
She makes Nora sit on Rose's back.
What does Homer think about 2-Shoes?
He's suspicious so he is keeping an eye on him.
What would the Maypop laced whiskey do to drinkers?
It would first make give them boisterous delirium when drinking the whisky by the glass.
As they collected herbs and plants what did Mrs. Light do with Sanzi?
She tested Sanzi by giving her a root or leaf to identify.
Why did Homer always chant: River, sinkhole, lily pads...zigzag, tree people, skybridge?
To remember how to leave and come back to Freewater after he rescues his mother.
What was symbolic of the change in relationship between Rose and Nora
The peach preserve pot had been wiped clean. Leaving no leftovers for Nora.
Who helps Homer learn how to carry the rope for the Skybridge building.
Daria