Answer 1 set of questions from either chapter. Make sure you copy and paste questions and # in your response. They don't need to go in order. Once a set has been answered, you CANNOT pick that set again; move on to another pair.
CH. 5:
1a. Has the Lee family ever talked about when their mother Marilyn left them that summer before Hannah was born?
1b. Why do you think the Lee family doesn't talk to each other about difficult matters? How does this affect them?
2a. Who sneaks out in the middle of the night in ch. 5 and how is she able to do this?
2b. Why does she do this? And what do you make of this behavior?
3a. Where is Hannah sleeping lately? Why? Do you think it's a good coping mechanism?
3b. Was Lydia alone in the boat according to the police? Does Marilyn believe this? Why or why not?
4a. Were the Lees thought of as misfits in the town? Why?
4b. Why does Marilyn's comment about James kowtowing to the police hit him so hard? (116)
5a. Where does James go after he fights with Marilyn?
5b. At the end of ch. 5, after graduation, what does Nath want to do to retaliate against Jack and what does Hannah do? Why are Hannah's actions significant?
Ch. 6
6a. What also happened that was traumatic for Lydia the summer that Marilyn left?
6b. How does James respond to the time period when Marilyn is missing? And what do you think of his response?
7a. What does James think the reason is that Marilyn left? In other words, what does he think she thinks?
7b. What does Jack tell Nathan after he gives him some candy? Is this incident significant, how so?
8a. What distraction is Nathan introduced to?
8b. Why does James hit Nathan? What does this suggest about his parenting and mental state?
9a. What does Lydia read and notice about the Betty Crocker Cookbook?
9b. And then what does she believe is the reason her mother left?
10a. What 3 talismans from her family does Marilyn bring when she leaves to go to school? And how many credits does she need to graduate college?
10b. What does Marilyn also do to keep in contact with James in Lydia in a silent way? What do you think of this?
11a. How long did Marilyn's plan last?
11b. What promise does Lydia make and what are the implications of this?
12a. Interpret the following line: "She would never have the strength to leave them again” (144).
12b. What does Marilyn decide about Lydia on page 147? Why? What are your thoughts on this decision?
EXTRA CREDIT:
13a. What does Nathan do to Lydia at the dock?
13b. Discuss the passage:
"More than this: the second he touched her, he knew that he had misunderstood everything. When his palms hit her shoulders, when the water closed over her head, Lydia had felt relief so great she had sighed in a deep choking lungful. She had staggered so readily, fell so eagerly that she and Nath both knew: that she felt it, too, this pull she now exerted, and didn't want it. That the weight of everything tilting toward her was too much" (154).
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