| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
(EINTY) What's the date when the Lee family realizes Lydia is missing? | May 3, 1977 |
(EINTY) Nath says he heard Lydia's radio playing at what time? | 11:30 (PM) |
(EINTY) Why does Lydia "defy genetics"? | She's Chinese and has blue eyes instead of brown/black |
(EINTY) How old was Lydia when Marilyn first saw her walk? | 11 months old |
(EINTY) What grade is Lydia in? | Tenth grade |
(EINTY) What does Lydia have for her first period class? | Eleventh grade Physics |
(EINTY) What's the name of the town the Lee family lives in? | Middlewood |
(EINTY) How long is the Middlewood lake across? | A thousand feet |
(EINTY) How many people live in Middlewood? | Three thousand |
(EINTY) What does James wish at least one of his students could spell correctly? | Czechoslovakia |
(EINTY) James is grading a paper on the day they realize Lydia is missing. What's the score he gives it? | 65/100 |
(EINTY) How long has James been working at Middlewood College? | 18 years |
(EINTY) What geographical mistake does Louisa say the students keep making? | They say that the Cape-to-Cairo Railroad was in Europe |
(EINTY) What does James pick out of Louisa's hair? | A ladybug |
(EINTY) While the police check out Lydia's bedroom, one of the officers touches something of hers. What is it? | A perfume bottle with a rounded pink lid. |
(EINTY) What is Lydia's full name? | Lydia Elizabeth Lee |
(EINTY) What was Lydia last seen wearing? | A flowered halter-neck dress |
(EINTY) What year did Marilyn go missing? | 1966 |
(EINTY) What photo of Lydia did the Lee family give the police? | A portrait taken on her 16th birthday. She's looking somewhere off-camera and smiling. |
(EINTY) Marilyn and James construct a list of people they believe Lydia is friends with. What are the names they write? (4) | Pam Saunders, Jenn Pittman, Shelley Brierley, Karen Adler. |
(EINTY) Marilyn and James write a list of people they believe Lydia is friends with on the back of what? | An old receipt |
(EINTY) Why doesn't Nath tell his parents about Jack when they're discussing people who may know where Lydia is? | He doesn't want to get in trouble for all the times he covered for Lydia when she went to hang out with Jack. He also doesn't want to admit to himself that Jack was a part of Lydia's life (He and Jack have a bad history). |
(EINTY) When Marilyn runs her hand down the column of a phone book, what color does it stain her fingertips? | Gray |
(EINTY) What type of car does Jack have? | A steel-gray VW |
(EINTY) What college was Nath visiting just before Lydia went missing? How long was he there? | Harvard; 4 days |
(EINTY) What book was Lydia reading for Advanced English? | The Sound and the Fury |
(EINTY) Why does Hannah keep it a secret that she saw Lydia sneaking out the night before she disappeared? | She believes that her mother will be upset that Hannah let Lydia ("Her favorite") walk away, and that Nath would be angry that she didn't do anything to go get Lydia. |
(EINTY) When does a passerby notice the rowboat out on the lake? (A weekday) | Wednesday afternoon |
(EINTY) When do the police find Lydia's body in the lake? (A weekday) | Thursday morning |
(EINTY) What college does Marilyn attend? What's the year of her freshman year? | Radcliffe; 1955 |
(EINTY) What class does Marilyn's advisor at Radcliffe give her instead of introductory Physics? | Chemistry |
(EINTY) In high school, what class did Marilyn want to take instead of Home Ec? | Shop |
(EINTY) How old was Marilyn when her father left? | Three |
(EINTY) What does Marilyn say her mother's hands smelled like? | Lemons |
(EINTY) When and where does Marilyn meet James? | September 1957, her junior year of college; He was the professor of the course she took (The Cowboy in American Culture) |
(EINTY) What was James wearing when Marilyn and James met? | A black suit, black tie, and white shirt. |
(EINTY) What was on the syllabus for The Cowboy in American Culture? | Ten required books, a midterm exam, and three essays |
(EINTY) James said he would hold office hours until what time? | Three o'clock |
(EINTY) Why did Marilyn come to see James after the class? | To apologize for all of the boys who left the class during the lecture because of James' race. |
(EINTY) What does James say his favorite subject in school was? | Paleontology |
(EINTY) Marilyn thought James tasted like what when they first kissed? | Coffee |
(EINTY) The first reason James came to love Marilyn is what? | She had blended into his class so perfectly that he hadn't noticed her the first time. |
(EINTY) During the second time James and Marilyn had class together, what does Marilyn do after the class ends? | She dawdles while everyone rushes out. She put her papers away in her folder slowly and tucked her pencil into her pocket. |
(EINTY) Marilyn and James couldn't be together because Marilyn was in his class. What do they do to solve this? | Marilyn drops the class |
(EINTY) How did James attend Lloyd Academy for free? | He passed an entrance exam at six years old. |
(EINTY) What new "English" names do James' parents get when they start to work at Lloyd Academy? | Henry and Wendy |
(EINTY) James' father drove him to school in what kind of car? | A Ford truck that the school had lent him |
(EINTY) How long did James attend Lloyd Academy? | 12 years |
(EINTY) What color does James paint his apartment when Marilyn suggests it? | A pale yellow |
(EINTY) What does Marilyn make for her and James on their first Thanksgiving together? | A roasted chicken, cubed potatoes, and peeled yams all in a casserole dish |
(EINTY) Why does James stop speaking Chinese to his parents in the fifth grade? | He was afraid to tint his English with an accent |
(EINTY) James applies for positions in what cities as a back-up? | New Haven and Providence |
(EINTY) Who does Professor Carlson hire instead of James? | William McPherson |
(EINTY) What is the date and time James and Marilyn plan to get married? | June 13 (Friday), 11:30 |
(EINTY) James and Marilyn want to get married in 1958. Why is this illegal in Virginia and half the country? | They are an interracial couple. |
(EINTY) Marilyn's mother suspects James wants to marry Marilyn for what reason? | A green card, even though James is American |
(EINTY) What flowers does Marilyn's mother want her to get for her wedding instead of daisies? | Roses |
(EINTY) What smeared Marilyn's mother's sleeve after they had an argument on James and Marilyn's wedding day? | Red lipstick |
(EINTY) When was the last time Marilyn ever saw her mother? | On her wedding day |
(EINTY) Why does James choose for Lydia to have a closed casket funeral? | Half her face was eaten away in the lake |
(EINTY) In middle school, Tommy Reed snuck past a funeral service to get what kind of leaf? | A Sassafras albidum |
(EINTY) What kind of flowers were on Lydia's casket? | White lilies |
(EINTY) What does Jack wear to Lydia's funeral? | A dark blue shirt, dress pants, and old black-and-white tennis shoes |
(EINTY) Nath thinks that he sees blood drip down Marilyn's face. What is it actually? | A tear stained black by mascara |
(EINTY) Where does Nath sit after his fight with Jack at the funeral? | On the roots of an elm tree |
(EINTY) How many nights a week does Jack's mother work at the hospital? | Six |
(EINTY) What grade does Jack have in physics? | B+ |
(EINTY) Jack tells the police he was hanging out with Lydia before she died for what reason? | He was teaching her to drive |
(EINTY) Where did James hide the autopsy report? | In the bottom drawer of his desk |
(EINTY) The autopsy report says Lydia's cause of death was what? | Asphyxia by drowning |
(EINTY) What is Louisa wearing when she comes into James' office while he's reading Lydia's autopsy report? | The black dress she'd worn to Lydia's funeral that morning |
(EINTY) What apartment does Louisa live in? | 3A |
(EINTY) What flowers are on Lydia's pillowcase? | Red poppies and blue forget-me-nots |
(EINTY) What are two books Marilyn sees on Lydia's bookshelf? | A Brief History of Medicine, and Rosalind Franklin and DNA |
(EINTY) When did Marilyn give Lydia her first diary, and what did it look like? | She was five, and it was flowered with gilt edges |
(EINTY) What did Marilyn find in all of Lydia's diaries? | Nothing; they were blank |
(EINTY) What did Marilyn wear to the university's annual Christmas party? | A peach cocktail dress with her pearls |
(EINTY) Why did James not want Marilyn to work? | Other people would say that he didn't make enough, so she had to get a job |
(EINTY) Marilyn's mother died of what on what date? | A stroke; April 1, 1966 |
(EINTY) Marilyn remembers what trick to unlock her childhood home with the key? | Wiggle it down and to the left |
(EINTY) What was Marilyn's mother's Betty Crocker cookbook mended with? | Scotch tape (Two times) |
(EINTY) Marilyn only finds one sign of her time in her childhood home. What is it? | Thumbtack holes in the wallpaper |
(EINTY) What does Marilyn think the only thing worth remembering about her mother is? (After her mother's death) | That she had cooked |
(EINTY) How do James, Nath, and Lydia take their eggs? | James takes it sunny-side up, Nath takes it hard-boiled, and Lydia takes it scrambled |
(EINTY) What did James serve Nath and Lydia everyday for breakfast while Marilyn was gone? | Cereal |
(EINTY) Why does James get annoyed with Nath's shyness when he was a child? | Nath reminded him of himself at that age |
(EINTY) When James was young, why had he been embarrassed to ask classmates to his house? | He'd been worried that they would recognize his mother from the lunch line or his father from mopping the hallway |
(EINTY) When Nath was playing Marco Polo with the other kids, what happened? | They got out of the pool and watched him swim around looking for them. Eventually Jack got in and let Nath get him. Nath thought Jack was making fun of him. |
(EINTY) When Nath hid in his room after the Marco-Polo incident, what did James offer him at dinnertime? | A Salisbury steak |
(EINTY) After Marilyn got back from packing her mother's things, what happened when Nath demanded a hard-boiled egg for breakfast? | She burst into tears |
(EINTY) What color was the waiting room of the hospital? | A pale, calming blue |
(EINTY) What does Marilyn notice about the doctors at the hospital? | They were all men |
(EINTY) What makes Marilyn finally decide to leave her family in 1966? | She meets Dr. Wolff in the hospital. She had wanted to be a female doctor as well. Seeing someone who had accomplished that, she decides she wants to do the same thing before it's too late |
(EINTY) Why does Marilyn think it is possible for Dr. Wolff to be a doctor? | She had no husband and she let her son run wild |
(EINTY) What classes does Marilyn enroll in at the community college in 1966? (3) | Organic chemistry, advanced statistics, anatomy |
(EINTY) Just before she leaves, Marilyn bakes what for Lydia's birthday? | A pink birthday cake |
(EINTY) How does Marilyn prepare the family for her absence without them knowing it? | She cooked large batches of foods, sealed them in tupperware, and freezed them so they'd have something to eat |
(EINTY) Which marble of Nath's does Marilyn take before she leaves? | The cobalt one with white specks |
(EINTY) Marilyn takes small tokens from James, Lydia, and Nath before she leaves. What are they? | Lydia - A cherry-colored barrette with a white flower, Nath - A marble, James - A spare button from the underside of one of his overcoat's |
(EINTY) How long do Nath and Lydia sit on the front stoop until James gets home? (When Marilyn leaves in 1966) | Two hours |