Literary devices
But you know what it's like when you're mad at someone, so mad you want them scrubbed off the face of the planet immediately? Then an hour later you've forgotten about it? Its just as well humans don't have magical powers or the earth would be a smouldering ruin of revenge.
humour
What is the narrator's proper name?
Sunshine
"With each hour a person is missing the odds of finding them alive reduce dramatically."
Sunny
Who did the FJ belong to?
Sunny's mum Lily
I jumped up and staggered to the bushes where my guts clenched and I heaved up my breakfast in several hearty lurches. Who did the action and in front of whom?
Sunny in front of Matthew Bright
She stood back and brushed her crimped, sandy hair, which made me think of two-minute noodles.
Imagery
What was the narrator's mum's name?
Lily
"Pretty sure it's the gearbox."
Sunny's mum Lily
What does Gary Koslovski drive?
A black ute.
What are the three o'clock horrors?
Insomnia
But now I know better, because that wasn't the only time I saw her. and, as it turned out, she had her reasons for hanging around.
foreshadowing
Who went to primary school with the narrator's mum?
Leanne
"...they still got a few SES people out int he rainforest just north of the creek and there are helicopters flying over."
Leanne
What is the Swiss Cheese Effect?
When all the random holes in the cheese line up creating a way for a set of events to occur that normally wouldn't.
What novel is Sunny reading?
The Catcher in the Rye
A face. Swirling hair. Pale, blue-white skin. Dark eyes, floating. I jerked back in fright.
Suspense.
Who is Mervie?
Dog rescued by Sunny's mum, Lily.
" I felt as though every exchange drove another long nail into the coffin of our relationship."
Who said this? About whom? and what does it mean?
Sunny about Kevin. Means with every interaction their relationship gets worse.
What are the two types of people at Kelly's Crossing?
The insiders like farmers and property owners (who wore cowboy hats) and the outsiders like blow ins from out of town.
Whose face said Please go?
Zara's
My skin almost sizzled as the cold water slowly climbed my body. As it closed over my head, a cold, clear coffin, I could see the end s of my outstretched arms and fingers, which appeared ghoulish white in the blurry underworld of the pool.
Symbolism / will also accept imagery or metaphor.
What is Sunny's real dad's name?
Dave Moore
Who in Sunny's mind said, "Can you find me Sunny? Will you find me?
Dylan
What school did Matt get kicked out of according to gossip?
Craigsville High
What is a perceptual distortion? Give an example from the novel.
It's where your brain thinks it sees something that is not there, i.e. Sunny seeing her mum.