11.How would you describe Tariq, Juney, and Flanner? In what ways have their parents influenced them? In thinking over what happens to them in the novel, why do they react differently to the circumstances they face?
12.What do you imagine will happen to Rin and Juney after the end of the novel? What choices are available to Rin? What do you think she should choose?
13.What do you think the author is trying to convey in the novel’s final scene with the wolves?
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