Characters
Who is the main character?
Pong and/ or Nok
Where is pong at the end of the book?
Namwon
What are the words that haunted pong?
”Those who are born in darkness always return” p.43
What is this figurative language?
“Her thoughts galloped wild in her head.” p.85
Personification
What is the stinky fruit that dripped down on Pong’s head in the basket ? (Soontornvat 33)
Durian
Who is the “muscle” for the Mud House?
Yai and Yord
What is the temple that Pong finds shelter in for multiple years' name?
Wat Singh
For Pong’s first lesson, what meat did Father Cham say he would teach Pong the best dipping sauce for? Pg.59
Grilled Pork
What is this figurative language?
“All afternoon, Pong’s throat seized up as if he’d swallowed a fish bone.” p. 88
Simile
What is the only light the light market does not sell? (Soontornvat 175)
gold light orbs.
Who was looking for Pong through most of the book?
Nok
What is the name of the men's prison?
Banglad
What was the blessing father Cham gave Pong when he died?
"May you find what you're looking for.” pg. 111
What is the figurative language?
“Where was she now, that bird of a girl?”
Metaphor (Soontornvat 107)
What is the disguise Pong used to go to the light market? (Soontornvat 173)
junior patrol member.
Who is the person who helped the little boy steal the baked good from the shop, and then instantly regretted it? (105 Soontornvat)
Pong
What does The Namwan Prision turn into?
A school
You don’t deserve it just because you want it,” (Soontornvat 5)
Pong
There are two Figurative languages found below. What are they?
“They passed lovely shops full of lovely people before descending a staircase to the next level, which was bathed in Crimson and Amber light. It was like stepping inside a tangerine.” pg.177
#1= Personification, #2=Smile
What is the river that the babies were floating in? p.67
Chattana River
What is the baby that Father Cham gives a blessing to’s last name?
Srinavakool pg.70
Name the village that sounds like Tanaburi?
Lanaburi
“Kids these days got no manners. Showing up wet, with no clothes, expecting a meal!” Soontornvat 147
Mark
Find the figurative language in this paragraph. What is the figurative language that you found?
“Pong leaned over the desk and tried to make some sense of what he was looking at. He thought back to their days at Namwon, When Somkit would hoard any little bits and bobs they could fish out of the river through the prison gate. He was always keeping his eyes out for scrap metal and saving things like nails and screws. Back then, they never had tools to do anything with Somkit’s stash, but now it seemed like his friend had enough supplies to fill a hardware store.” pg.163
Hyperbole
What stories did the villagers tell about Father Cham? p.91
They told about his wishes that came true.