1. How does Taxi's description of Connie and their life together differ from her version of the same events?

Were you surprised to find Connie as a successful and wealthy businesswoman?

2. Music plays a major role in the novel, not only for Sib but also for other characters. Describe the various ways music is used (e.g., to recreate the 1960s, to provide information about characters, to show relationships among characters).

3. Why does Sib return to Washington with her father instead of staying in San Francisco and studying at the Phrygian Institute?

4. Sib must choose from among the competing relationships with her father, her mother, Martin, and Dzyga.

Identify what each of these relationships offers her.

5. In what ways are Sib and Dzyga alike?

6. Describe the character of Sib. She narrates the story. Does Sib give us an honest view of herself?

7. Why does Sib...