Challenge 1036

Washing Up and Out

In Ron Sanders’ A Family Affair, the “family” may refer to the heavenly bodies in Earth’s solar system. When did the Late Heavy Bombardment occur? What is the primary evidence for it? What might cause a similar event to happen again?
In Gary Inbinder’s The Girl on the Rush Street Bridge, chapters 25 and 26, how many people does Max Niemand kill? Does he know them all? Why does he have little choice but to commit his rampage?
In Shauna Checkley’s The Almost Visit: How does Dodi feel about visiting her mother and about her relations with her mother? What causes Dodi’s feeling of relief after she leaves her mother with Rosalind?
In Sarah Das Gupta’s Twelve Beans:
1. What real vegetation are the “beans” likely to represent?
2. What is likely to happen in the next chapter, the one following the conclusion of “The Twelve Beans”? What events in world history might provide an indication?
In Howard E. Vogl’s Where’s Danny?: Does the narrator suspect that Danny might be the only one buried behind the wall in the basement of Danny’s old house? Do other possibilities occur to him?
In Gary Clifton’s Papa Ain’t Come Home Much:
1. Why is Mr. Shoat terrified when Sallymae loosens a single button on her shirt?
2. In what way does Mr. Shoat resemble his name?
In Edward Ahern’s Dirty-Handed Graspings: Are the graspings “dirty-handed” as a result of ill intent or a natural condition?