I didn’t know what she looked like, or even if she was alive.Īll I was told was this: Your mother’s name is Shirley. She vanished from my life not long after I was born. I had grown up in Baltimore without ever knowing my mother. But we both knew that his question was anything but casual. “Do you want to meet your mom?” he asked me. Pall Mall cigarette butts were mashed in a nightstand ashtray, and “The Price is Right” was playing on a black and white TV. He was sitting up in bed with his shirt off, his belly spilling over the waist of his greasy dungarees. I was 17, just months away from leaving home for college, when my father called me into his bedroom one afternoon. But I remember where I stood when it happened. Why do Heidi, Bernie, Roy, and Ruby decide that Mama should be buried in Liberty instead of Reno? He looks at her like he knows her, and then he calls her 'Soof.I don’t remember what I said because I was too shocked to respond. Mama was born and raised in Liberty, so it is only fitting that she be buried where she grew up. Why is Mama scared of the bus? True True/False: Thurman Hill wanted Sophia to get an abortion. How did Diane DeMuth die? She witnessed her mother dying in a bus accident. How are Thurman Hill and Heidi related? She was killed by a bus. Why has Mama been 'having a time of it?' Thurman is Heidi's grandfather. After Mama's funeral, what does Heidi do? After Mama dies When does Heidi's lucky streak finally go away? Her headaches are the worst they have ever been, and they are coming every day.

She goes home to Bernie and enrolls in school. Elliot Hill It is assumed that Heidi's father is.

Elliot Hill Heidi learns that her mother became best friends with. The number 23 appears several times in the book. The number of pictures in the camera Heidi found. Why did Heidi make so many lists throughout the book? The number of words Mama could say. What does soof mean to Elliot? It is Mama's word for love What does soof mean to Mama? She uses her lists as a way to record her story. Where is Mama buried? A box of Jujyfruits Where does Heidi believe her name comes from? False True/False: Soof has only one meaning. What is the deal made between Diane DeMuth and Thurman Hill? Liberty, NY. He paid for her expenses she stayed away. How does Heidi secure a free ride from the cab company to Hilltop Home? Thurman Hill Who is the scrawny Santa in Heidi's photos? Elliot Hill Who is the boy with curly hair that the scrawny Santa has his arm around? Diane DeMuth Heidi's grandmother's name is. What is the deal Bernie made with Roy? She guesses the correct number of jelly beans in a jar. How does Thurman Hill react when he meets Heidi and she begins asking her questions? If Heidi can correctly guess ten coin flips in a row, Roy and Ruby will take her home with them instead of making her stay at the police station.

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