I’ll Give You the Sun – Flashcards
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Who is the author?
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Jandy Nelson (cover)
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What are the names of the two narrators?
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Noah and Jude (summary- front flap)
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What are the names of the two bullies that attack Noah at the beginning?
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Zephyr and Fry (page 1)
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Why do the boys eventually stop ripping up the pages in Noah's sketchbook?
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They like Jude. (page 3)
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What is Zephyr's nickname for Noah?
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Bubble (page 2)
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What is the name of their grandma?
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Grandma Cassandra Sweetwine (page 7 and 11)
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What is the name of the fine arts school they want to go to?
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CSA (California School of the Arts (page 12 and 16 (use inferencing for 16))
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How was their mom found as a child?
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She was found as a baby in a church in Reno, Nevada (page 14)
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What is the name of their mom?
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Dianna (page 14)
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What is the name of their father?
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Benjamin (page 9)
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What is the name Noah gives to the talks his father gives him?
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Broken Umbrella Talks (page 11)
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Who ended up being their mother's favorite?
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Noah (page 23)
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Who is the master ceramicist in CSA?
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Sandy Ellis (page 25)
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What does Jude think her bad luck is?
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Her mother's ghost wrecking all her artwork because Jude is in the school and Noah isn't. (page 27)
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What do they call Jude in art school?
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CJ, for Calamity Jane/Jude (page 26)
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What does Jude do when she thinks someone is sad and she wants to help them?
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She gives them good-luck talismans from her Bible that Grandma Sweetwine wrote (page 29)
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Who is the only other person that thinks a ghost is wrecking Jude's work?
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Fish (page 29)
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What was something odd Sandy said about Jude's submission?
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He said they admitted her for her photos of the sand women, when she didn't actually submit photos of sand women. (page 33)
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What magazine did their mother write for?
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Art Tomorrow (page 37)
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What is the name of the person Jude wants to have for a mentor?
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Guillermo Garcia (page 38)
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What is Grandma Sweetwine's nickname for God?
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Clark Gable (page 40)
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What does Jude allow a stranger to do that shocks her? (As in, she's surprised at herself for allowing it)
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She allows him to take some pictures of her (page 44)
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What nickname does Jude give Guillermo Garcia?
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Igor (page 49)
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What strange thing does Noah experience as he jumps off of Devil's Drop?
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He slows down. (page 54)
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What is Noah like at 16?
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He is completely normal except that he often likes to jump off of Devil's Drop. (page 54)
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What is the parrot's name?
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Prophet (page 58)
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What does the parrot keep asking?
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Where the hell is Ralph? (page 58)
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What is the name of Noah's oil painting tutor?
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Mr. Grady (page 60)
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What is the name of the condition Oscar has that makes his eyes two different colors?
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Heterochromia iridium (page 64)
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What happens to Oscar at CSA?
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He gets kicked off for being under the influence of alcohol. (page 66)
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What do Noah and his new neighbor laugh about the first day they meet?
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They laugh about Noah saying "I'm a bloody artist, a bloody mess, mate" in an English accent. (page 70)
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What does Noah think caused Jude to become a hornet?
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Her mother didn't look at her sketchbook and then left her at the museum. (page 72)
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How does Jude and her mother's relationship change?
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They constantly fight about everything. (page 72)
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What game do Jude and Noah play that predicts where they're going to school the next year?
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an Ouija board (pages 79-82)
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What is the name of Noah's new neighbor?
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Brian Connelly (page 85 and 100)
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What do Brian and Noah do in the woods with the magnifying glasses?
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They look for meteorites. (page 88)
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What make Brian nervous for the first time around Noah?
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He is nervous as he asks for the picture Noah made of him. (page 90)
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Who interrupts Brian and Noah in the woods?
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Fry and Big Foot (page 92)
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How does Brian deal with Fry and Big Foot?
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He throws rocks extremely close to them, making them curl up on the ground and apologize. (page 96)
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What role did Brian play in baseball?
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the pitcher (page 96)
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What is Brian's nickname in baseball?
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The Ax (page 98)
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Why does Brian knock on Noah's window?
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He wants Noah to come up on the roof with him and see space. (page 99)
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How does Brian react when he meets Jude?
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He is friendly and offers for her to join them- Noah quickly stops this (page 101)
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What emotion does Noah sense Brian's 'inside face' is?
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worried (page 105)
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What can Brian not do?
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He can't swim- he hates the water or be an astronaut because he's claustrophobic (page 106)
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Who talks to Noah besides his family and Brian (when he's 13)? (He doesn't tell anyone that they talk to him except Brian)
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Ralph, the horse (page 106)
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What are the names of the Hornet Girls?
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Courtney Barrett, Clementine Cohen, Lulu Mendes, and Heather (somebody) (page 109)
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What is something alarming that Noah learns about Brian when he's talking to the hornets?
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Brian is cool. (page 111)
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What animal is Brian?
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A Bengal tiger (page 111)
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Which one of the hornets is different than the rest?
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Heather (page 113)
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What color are the nails of most of the hornets? What colors are Heather's nails?
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Purple; blue (page 110, 113)
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What animal is Heather?
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bird- swan (page 116)
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What game do the twins play that represents their bond and how does it represent this?
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rock paper scissors- it represents this because they get the same thing every time (page 118)
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How does the relationship between the twins change as the relationship between Brian and Noah change? (when they're 13)
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As Noah gets closer to Brian, he stops spending time with Jude, so they get closer as the twins get father apart. (page 122-123)
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When Brian is about to leave for boarding school, what do all his friends do?
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They throw him a party. (page 124)
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What game do they play at the party?
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They lock two people of the opposite sex in a closet for seven minutes. (page 132)
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What does Noah tell Oscar his name is?
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Picasso (page 138)
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What does Noah do when he gets home from the party?
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He deletes all the pictures of Jude's sand ladies, rips up Jude's picture of Oscar, and rips up all the pictures of Brian that he's planning on throwing over Devil's Drop. (page 140- 141)
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What does Jude do in to try and forget about Oscar?
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She sucks on a lemon. (page 142)
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What high school does Noah go to?
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Roosevelt High (page 144)
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What extracurricular activities does Noah participate in?
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cross-country (page 144)
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What other hobby has Jude picked up besides Bible-thumping?
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She researches diseases. (page 145)
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What hand is both Jude and Noah's dominant hand?
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the left (page 147)
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What does Jude call her dad's lectures about her weirdness?
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artichoke lectures (page 150)
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What does Jude decide to do while Noah has his party?
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She goes to see if Guillermo Garcia will tutor her. (page 152)
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How does Jude's mom describe Guillermo Garcia?
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She says, "He's the kind of man who walks into a room and all the walls fall down." (page 155)
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What does Guillermo Garcia do when Jude finishes rambling?
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He invites her in for coffee. (page 161)
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What is the name of Guillermo Garcia's black cat?
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Frida Kahlo (page 165)
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What does Jude do every night before she goes to bed to try and connect with her mother?
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She reads her mother's favorite poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...' etc. (page 167)
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What tattoo does Jude have on her belly?
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She has a tattoo of Raphael's cherubs (page 168)
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How does Jude feel with Guillermo Garcia?
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She feels a sense of well-being. (page 170)
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When is the first time Jude cries in two years?
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She cries when Guillermo Garcia says that he can't teach her. (page 172)
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What fruit do Oscar and Jude exchange?
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an orange (page 178)
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What is the first thing Guillermo Garcia teaches Jude?
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He teaches her how to sketch (Oscar was her model) (page 194)
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What country is Guillermo Garcia from?
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Colombia (page 191)
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What does Jude find and take from the mail room?
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A love letter (page 204)
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What does Noah do after Jude starts talking to him about her sculpture of their mom?
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He fakes a phone call from his friend and walks out into the hallway. (page 209)
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What lucky trinket does Oscar have?
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his mother's (dead for three years) lucky conch shell (if he's away from it, he'll most certainly die) (page 218)
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What does Jude do with Guillermo's love note?
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She gives it to Oscar; puts it in his pocket (page 224)
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What sculpture did Jude decide to make instead of her mother?
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She's making NoahandJude (page 227)
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Why was the first time Noah jumped unlike the other times?
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That time, he was trying to kill himself. (page 228)
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What is Oscar's last time and why is it funny?
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Ralph; the parrot keeps asking "Where the hell is Ralph?", so it's funny that she found Ralph (page 232)
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Who does Jude find after she storms out of Garcia's house angrily (running away from Oscar and his to-be-lover, Brooke)?
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Noah, unhinged, showing his true self (238)
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When was the first time Noah saw Garcia?
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He watched him from the windows after climbing up the fire escape, listening to him work, awed. (page 246)
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What does Noah discover that he and his father have in common?
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They both like to watch animal shows and learn obscure facts about animals (page 257)
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Who is the only person that remembers their dad's birthday the year that their mom died? (but before she died)
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Noah (page 259)
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What is the only thing that their dad packs in his suitcase as he moves out?
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The drawing of Noah and their dad on a blue wildebeest (page 261)
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When do Noah and Jude start talking again?
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They start talking again when their dad moves out and they're both heartbroken. (page 262)
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What does their mom start doing when their dad leaves?
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She starts cooking delicious food. (page 267)
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When does Brian come back after leaving for his boarding school?
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winter break (page 265)
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How does Noah describe being taller?
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He says that he's super far from his toes (page 270)
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What is the first thing that Noah and Brian do after being reunited?
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They run out to the woods and kiss. (page 271)
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What comes in between Brian and Noah?
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Noah's mother walks in on them, and Brian freaks out because he doesn't want anyone to know because he doesn't want them to bully him and ruin his chance at a scholarship to university. (page 279-280)
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What does Noah's mother tell him that makes him rethink their family dynamic?
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She says that Noah and his father are fragile and feel too much. Jude and her have some armor. (page 284)
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Where does Noah's mother go secretly after she told Noah she was going to the doctors?
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the Wooden Bird (page 285)
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What does Noah discover their mother doing?
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He discovers her having an affair with another man (Guillermo Garcia) (page 286)
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When Noah is upset about his mother, what does he do when he sees Brian and Courtney walking together?
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He tells Courtney that Brian is gay and then instantly regrets it. (page 288)
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What do Jude and her father not dare to touch in their mom's room after she dies?
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They don't dare touch her dressing table. (page 293)
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What does Jude find when she researches Brian on the internet?
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She finds articles talking about how Brian got a scholarship for baseball, how he goes to Stanford now, and how he came out to his baseball team and the entire student body at a pep rally. (page 297)
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What does Jude do when she hears Guillermo and Oscar arguing?
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She goes to the church for a while and tries to remind herself why she needs to stay away from Oscar. (page 300)
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What was Jude's first reaction when their dad started to tell them about their mother's death?
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She threw her hands over Noah's ears to protect him from what she was hearing (page 303)
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Why did Jude never cry for their mother?
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She didn't feel entitled to because she believed that she didn't know her mother as well as Noah did. (page 304)
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What did Jude do when she mailed their applications to CSA?
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She only mailed hers. (page 305)
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After carving the stone for a time, what does Jude decide to do?
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She decides that she has to uncrush his dream, so she emails Sandy and plans to give up her spot for him. After that, she cuts her rock that she was making into NoahandJude in two, so that it's Noah and Jude. She says it saved them. (page 308 - 309)
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Why does Jude go to the spot after carving stone?
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Her brother is drunk and threatening to jump off a cliff. (page 309 and 314)
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Why does Jude say that girl might not be as bad as her mom thinks she is?
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Because that girls spits on guys who are mean to her, knows it's not her fault her mom died, and has the guts to tell Noah why he didn't get into CSA (page 317)
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Who saves Noah?
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Oscar- he grabs him before Noah can jumps of the cliff. (page 319)
