Philips Family
This is where the Philips family is originally from.
What is Virginia?
How old is Timothy?
He is over 70 years.
What time period does this story take place?
What is during WWII.
Why does Timothy make a rope for Phillip?
What is so he can become more independent.
Did Phillip ever regain his sight?
What is yes, he did.
Currently, Phillip and his family live on this island.
What is Curacao
Where is Timothy from?
What is St. Thomas
What is the ship called that Philip and his mother were sailing on before it was torpedoed?
What is the S.S. Hato?
How does Phillip lose his sight on the island?
What is because he got sun poisoning (he was staring into the sun) and he got hit in the head.
Why did the first plane not see Phillip's signal fire?
What is because there was too much smoke.
This is Philip's best friend.
Who is Henrik van Boven
Timothy does voodoo. What is a jumbi?
What is a spirit of bad luck?
What was Phillip's first reaction to leaving Curacao?
What is he was angry because he didn't want to leave?
Why did Timothy tie Phillip and himself to a tree?
What is because a storm was coming?
When Phillip was rescued what was the one thing he wanted from the island?
What is Timothy's knife?
What is Phillip's last name?
What is Enright?
Why does Timothy first lose his strength while on the island?
What is because he becomes ill with malaria.
What did Phillip put under his pillow for protection?
What is a hatchet?
Why did Timothy put the raft with stewcat on it in the ocean?
What is to scare away the evil jumbi.
What country were the people who rescued Phillip from?
What is America?
This is the occupation of Phillip's father.
What is a worker at an oil refinery?
Who raised Timothy?
What is he was raised in an orphanage?
Why did the S.S. Hato need to stop in Panama before going to the states?
What is they needed to make a call?
What was Timothy too old to do, that Timothy was scared to do at first?
What is climb the coconut tree?
What state did Phillip have to go to to get his eye operation done?
What is New York?