Characters
The main character, and the narrator of the novel.
Who is Tao Jones (T.J.)?
The town and state where the story takes place.
What is Cutter, Washington?
This word means elated, uplifted, or intensely happy.
What is euphoric?
Mike Barbour picks on Chris Coughlin because he wears this.
What is his dead brother's letterman jacket?
He listens to a whale documentary to feel peace.
Who is T.J.'s dad, John Paul Jones?
List at least 4 of the swimmers on the Merman team.
Who are Dan Hole, Tay-Roy Kibble, Simon DeLong, Jackie Craig, Andy Mott, TJ Jones, and Chris Coughlin.
The name of the place where the team's practices are held.
What is All Night Fitness?
This word means not being able to be comforted.
What is inconsolable?
While chasing Mike Barbour in his car after the dance, this happens to T.J.
What is he is pulled over and given a ticket for speeding?
She makes T.J. play the "bad dad".
Who is Heidi?
The full name of the man who shot the dear.
Who is Rich Marshall?
The house where Heidi's therapy and TJ's previous therapy took place.
What is Georgia Brown's house?
This word means a joining of the fact and fantasy ; a combination of the rational and the non-rational.
What is surreal?
Heidi does this to herself because Rich Marshall tells her to.
What is use a Brillo pad to wash her black skin off?
He listens to Christmas music when he swims.
Who is Chris Coughlin?
The name of the principal at Cutter High.
Who is Mr. Morgan?
The state where John Paul Jones stopped, made love to a widow, and then drove off with a baby under his tires.
What is New Meadows, Idaho?
What is indelibly?
T.J.'s father does this when he first meets Heidi to make her feel comfortable.
What is spill and eat his french fries off the floor?
He uses Tay Roy's picture to get a girlfriend out of state.
Who is Andy Mott? or Dan Hole?
The full names (first, last, & nicknames) of the two swim coaches; TJ's mentor and the homeless man at All Night Fitness.
Who are John Simet (Simet) and Oliver Van Zandt (Icko)?
The place where John Paul Jones last threatened Rich Marshall.
What is Wolfy's?
This word means an act of choosing, using one's own will to make a conscious choice.
Andy Mott does this at the letterman jacket ceremony.
What is take his prosthetic leg off and wave it in the air?
He calls a meeting because he is concerned that T.J. might ruin Mike Barbour's chance at a scholarship.
Who is coach Benson?