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1. How do the various residents of the Cause attempt to explain the shooting in Chapter 1?

The residents of the Cause have several theories to explain the shooting. Veronica Gee says that Sportcoat had rheumatic fever. Bum-Bum says Sportcoat was under an evil spell, or mojo. Izi Cordero says her gangster ex-husband, Joaquin, is blackmailing Sportcoat into shooting Deems. Hot Sausage, Sportcoat’s best friend, claims the shooting is over a baseball game.

2. Who is Hettie? What are the circumstances surrounding her death, as revealed in Chapter 1?

Hettie is the wife of Sportcoat. She passed away two years before the opening of the novel. Hettie disappeared during a snowstorm in 1967 when she saw a light floating around her apartment. She followed it outside, believing it was God's light. Two days later, she would found floating in the harbor.

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