Introduction
The name Michael's father gives his Primary School.
What is the monkey school?
The name of the old sailor who trained Michael's mom to sail a larger boat.
Who is Barnacle Bill?
The name of Michael's best friend.
Who is Eddie?
The name of the continent where Michael saw elephants.
What is Africa?
Stella was supposed to be wearing this on deck after she fell overboard.
What is a safety harness?
The full name of Michael's pet.
What is Stella Artois?
The name of the 42 foot sailing vessel purchased by Michael's dad.
What is the Peggy Sue?
The gift that Michael's friend Eddie gave to him when he left and what was on it.
What is an autographed football?
The place where Michael got to play football.
What is Brazil?
Michael was angry and blamed Stella for him losing this.
What is Michael's football when it fell overboard?
The age that Michael is when the story flashes back to his early life.
What is eleven years old?
The port that the family sailed from when they began their journey.
What is Southampton?
The person that Michael's dad said they would see again after their year at sea.
Who is gran?
The type of bird that plunged into the water to grab fish.
What are gannets?
The source of the howling in the trees on the island.
What is gibbons monkeys?
The country that Michael is living in when he is in school.
What is England?
The terrifying challenge in the Bay of Biscay.
What was high winds (force 9 and 10) with huge waves?
The Christmas food that someone made for the family to take with them and have on Christmas Day.
What is gran's Christmas pudding?
The country where Michael's "distant" uncle lived who had daughters who wanted to marry Michael.
What is Australia?
The specific shape of the island in two words (one adjective, one noun used by the author).
What is an elongated peanut?
The place Michael's parents were both played off from (made redundant).
What is The Brickworks?
The subject that Michael worked on at night.
What is English?
The gift that Michael's parents gave to him on Christmas Day.
What is a pocket knife?
The type of fish that Michael wrote the incorrect length of in the Ship's Log (making it much larger than it was).
What is a basking shark?
Three thing that were left on the flat rock above the cave for Michael.
What is water, translucent fish and red bananas.