Evie says that she runs the quarter mile in splits, or little segments. How does this strategy apply to characters in the novel Hush? Does it work for them, or does it help them more to keep a high-level overview of the task they are working on?

Toswiah's family is black, but Toswiah says that she never thought that race was a big part of her life until Raymond Taylor was shot down. What role does Toswiah/Evie's blackness play in her identity, and in the meaning of the book?

The title of the book is invoked a few times. Once when Cameron tells Toswiah to hush, and make believe none of this exists, and again when Evie sings the Hush Little Darling song. What resonance does the title have with the book?

Toswiah's father agonizes over doing the right thing in regard to...