Blacky
What is Blacky's Christian name?
What is Gary
How many siblings are there in the Black family?
What is eight
What does Blacky notice first about Dumby?
What type of language is used in the text to set the scene?
What is Australian slang and informal language
What piece of apparel is meant to "protect the reproductive organs"?
What is Blacky most self-conscious about his looks?
What does Blacky call his brother?
What is Best Team Man
What position does Dumby Red play on the mission
What is "dunno"
What is tone?
What is the 'mood' and/or the author's attitude towards a subject or audience
Why does Blacky's Dad want him on the boat, even though Blacky is a terrible fisherman?
How does Blacky become friends with Dumby Red?
What is Dumby saves him from the turnbuckle
What does the Black dad do for a living?
What is fishing?
What type of shoes does Dumby Red wear?
What is basketball with red stars and red laces
What does Blacky accuse his father of during the storm?
What is that Dad is trying to kill them.
What talent does Blacky have that he is most proud of?
What is the name of Blacky's Dad's boat
What kind of person is Dumby Red?
What is good at everything
What is it allows the reader to more easily visualise the events and connect with the text
Blacky's Dad doesn't want him on the boat anymore because he says Blacky is ...
What is 'a gutless wonder'
Aside from Dumby Red, who is Blacky's best mate?
Who is Pickles Mickles
Why did Blacky not talk to Shaz for ages?
What is because of something unsavoury written on the jetty shed
What do the Aboriginals call the Europeans in town?
What is "Goonyas"
What does it mean to "show not tell"?
What is to not explicitly recount events but rather through dialogue and prose allow the reader to infer connection and ideas
What movie has given sharks a bad name?