Vocabulary
What does "deluge" mean? (32)
a flood
Coach Ek
On what day of the week do the boys go missing?
Saturday
The boys' soccer cleats were found "lying at the tires" of their bikes (22). What stylistic technique is this?
personification!
Which word, on page 41, means "hardship"?
adversity
Who is Vern Unsworth?
a British caver who lives in Thailand
What does Coach Ek do in order to figure out whether they can swim through the water?
he swims with a rope; the boys are holding the other end of the rope
Sometimes, Soontornvat will put a very short sentence in its own paragraph. (Ex. "Not yet." on pg 32) Why do you think she does this?
For emphasis/suspense
What does "anguish" mean? (24)
intense sadness and worry
Which group of people take on assignments like capturing pirates?
the Thai Navy Seals (p 39)
After Night doesn't show up for his own birthday party, whom does the village chief call?
the head of the town's rescue organization (Sangwut Khammongkhon)
The water was as "cloudy as a cup of milky coffee" (27). What stylistic technique is this?
a simile!
Which word on page 39 means a "period of waiting and praying"?
vigil
Which boy's mom won't leave the cave (not even to go home)?
Mark
Vern Unsworth tells the rescue team that the boys probably turned left because...
...the passage on the right is very narrow and muddy.
"The heavy rains that had hit the areas a few days before had completely saturated the ground beneath their feet" (29). "Saturated" is a great verb choice. What does it mean?
soaked/filled