Bonesetter's daughter pages 20-30

Wendy was a divining rod for strange disturbances in the earth's atmosphere. What does this imply?

• Wendy was hallucinating

• Wendy would make up stories

• Wendy would come across weird events

• Wendy would describe her endeavors colorfully

What was the sensational news that Wendy had to tell the protagonist? Why was she disturbed by it?

(a)   had taught Ruth to use the counting memorizing technique

How were the girls testing Ruth's patience when in the car? Give evidence.

What was Art's reason for choosing vopors as his favourite word?

Where do Art and Ruth first meet?

• At a cafe

• At a seminar on Physics

• At a bus station

• At a yoga class

What does Ruth observe about people at the yoga class?

What's the comparison Ruth gives when she remembers her mother's words about fire and water combining to make steam? Like (a)  

What do these line tell us about Ruth's character "A thousand bucks a year," shehad marveled, "to jump on a machine that makes you run like ahamster in a wheel?" Her preferred form of exercise, she toldWendy, was stress. "Clench muscles, hold for twelve hours, releasefor a count of five, then clench again"?

"Dad's right. She loves to make everything sooo difficult."

How did Ruth feel on hearing this remark?