Chapters 18-19
What family member sends letters to Toswiah's family after they move?
Grandma
What big news does Cameron (Anna) tell Toswiah (Evie) at the coffee shop?
That she got her acceptance letter from Simon's Rock College.
What two people does Toswiah (Evie) see at the park?
The other Toswiah, and her older sister, Sheila
What activity does Toswiah avoid after her dad's suicide attempt?
She stops going to track practice and skips their first meet (race).
What two nicknames do the track team members give to Toswiah? (must name both)
Daddy Longlegs
Spider Woman
How does Toswiah (Evie) feel about Cameron's news?
Toswiah feels like Cameron (Anna) is abandoning her. She's sad that her sister is going to leave, but also happy for her.
Why does mom tell Toswiah she needs to go for a walk?
Toswiah fell asleep in church that morning.
What does Toswiah's mom do every night?
She cries in the bathroom with the door closed and the faucet running.
What grade is mama going to teach? How does she feel about this and why?
5th grade.
She feels relieved because she thought she might have to teach high school.
What secret does Cameron say Toswiah should have told her? How did she know about this secret?
Cameron says Toswiah should have told her about track. She knew about this secret because the coach (her teacher) told her.
Why does Toswiah's family have to call an ambulance?
Toswiah's dad tries to commit suicide by cutting his wrist with a piece of glass from his oatmeal bowl.
What advice does Cameron (Anna) give Toswiah about track?
She tells her she should stick with it because it will free her.
What makes mama get quiet and go into the bedroom with her Bible study book, after she was dancing around the room?
Dad doesn't want to dance with her and just sits staring out the window.
What information about their family's story does Cameron include in her college application letter?
In her application letter, Cameron tells the story of everything that happened to their family, with their dad witnessing a murder and having to go into witness protection. She just changed their names and the state where it happened.
Where does the other Toswiah say she wants to visit? What is Toswiah (Evie)'s response?
The other Toswiah says she wants to visit San Francisco. Toswiah (Evie) says she can tell her all about it.
What does Toswiah's dad say, when she goes to visit him in the hospital?
He says that everything will be alright; he also says the medicine makes him sleepy but helps him remember who he is.
When Toswiah remembers telling Lulu that they would be leaving, she says she realized that everything you loved... (finish the statement)
She realized that everything you loved could be taken away from you just like that.
Cameron (Anna) says that for her, the "present" is almost over and the "far, far future" has already come. What does she mean by the present and the future?
The present is her family's current situation (tiny apartment, everyone fighting, etc.). The future is her new life at college.
Where does Toswiah say her body and her mind are, after her dad tried to commit suicide?
She says her body is still there, but her mind isn't (she says it "left" after he cut himself).
Toswiah says she used to think of the quarter mile as one long race. How does she think of it now?
Now she realizes it's several smaller races (divided into increments or splits).