Characters 1
The main character of the book?
Turner
Name of the preacher on Malaga Island?
Where Turner is originally from?
Boston
Why Turner is not good at Phippsburg baseball at first?
The game is played differently. High looping pitches.
The book is told from this point of view
3rd person (all knowing narrator)
He is the true antagonist of the book, a very greedy person.
Mr. Stonecrop
12 years old friend of the main character?
Lizzie Bright Griffin
This is the main food that Lizzie and her people eat?
Clams/ sea food
The original industry that is failing in Phippsburg?
The shipping Industry
Turner's full name?
Turner Earnest Buckminster III
She is put into an insane Asylum?
Mrs. Hurd
The pitcher during baseball games.
Willis Hurd
How the public finds out about the terrible way the Tripp family were forced to leave Malaga Island?
The way Turner learned to play baseball in Phippsburg?
Lizzie taught him using a stick and a rock
A symbol for Mr. Stonecrop's greed?
He ate half the blue berry pie
Turner plays the organ for her?
Mrs. Cobb
He put his own mother in an insane asylum just so he could sell her house.
Deacon Hurd
The reason Lizzie and her people are forced to leave their homes?
Mr. Stonecrop wants to start a tourist industry in Phippsburg.
How Lizzie travels to the shores of Phippsburg?
Her grandfather's dory.
One of Lizzie's character traits.
When she is sarcastic towards Turner.
When she puts her hands on her hips.
Sassy
Terrible law enforcer. He is clearly prejudiced and corrupt.
Sheriff Elwell
The kids that made Turner feel like he could fly?
The Tripp family
Why Lizzie and her granddaddy haven't left Malaga Island?
Reverend Griffin is too sick to move.
The new color of Mrs. Hurd's window blinds?
Green
The amount of foul balls Turner hit during his at bat?
12
Turner's home school teacher?
Reverend Buckminster
She told Turner the truth about Mrs. Hurd?
Mrs. Buckminster
The book that puts the fire in Turner's belly?
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.
The original color of Mrs. Hurd's window blinds?
Yellow
Symbolism or the figure representing Turner's connection with nature?
A whale