Characters
Who is the son of Paine and is trying to prove that Dusty Muleman is dumping waste into the ocean?
Who is Noah Underwood?
The son of Dusty Muleman and is an enemy of Noah's.
Who is Jasper Jr?
What figurative language is being used?
"...when a summer storm rumbles across Florida bay. If you're on the ocean side of the islands, it can sneak up on you from behind."
What is personification?
What figurative language device uses like or as when comparing two things?
What is a simile?
Why does Noah try to hide his facial bruises from his parents at the beginning of Chapter 10?
She is the sister of Noah and has a bad habit of biting.
Who is Abbey Underwood?
Was supposed to make it in the big leagues for baseball and is stuck working at a grocery store in the Keys.
What figurative language device is being used:
"I've always liked watching the sky drop down like a foamy purple curtain when a summer storm rumbles across Florida Bay."
What is imagery?
What figurative language device compares two things?
What is a metaphor?
What specific electronic device is tied to Paine Underwood’s house arrest conditions following his release from jail?
An electronic ankle bracelet to track his location.
Who is Paine Underwood?
His body is still located in Columbia.
Who is Grandpa Bobby?
Which figurative language device is being used:
“My mother says that being married to my father is like having another child to watch after, one who's too big and unpredictable to put in time-out.”
What is a simile?
What figurative language device is used to exaggerate?
What is a hyperbole?
During her visit to the Underwood home in Chapter 10, what alarming update does Shelly Miles share regarding the Coral Queen?
The boat has resumed dumping waste into the marina without hiding it.
He owns the Coral Queen and is not an honest business owner.
Who is Dusty Muleman?
His real name is Charles.
Who is Lice Peeking?
Which figurative language device is being used:
"He's a hefty guy, but that's not how he got his nickname—people call him Bull because you can't believe a word he says."
What is an idiom?
What figurative language device gives human characteristics to an object?
What is personification?
Who is Luno?
Dusty's head of security.
She is known for her orange fragrance and can take care of herself.
Who is Shelly?
She has a plaid suitcase that comes out when things get stressful.
Who is Donna Underwood?
Which figurative language device is being used:
"She says he's got a tendency to get over-excited, which is the understatement of the century."
What is a hyperbole?
What figurative language device uses the five senses to appeal to the reader?
What is imagery?
How does Paine react when he realizes Abbey is missing, and what truth does he sheepishly reveal about his ankle monitor?
He shows that he removed his ankle monitor to go and look for Abbey.