Characters
The main characters of the novel
Who is Phillip?
The physical condition that Phillip gets
What is blindness?
What historical event does this novel take place during?
What is World War II?
The island where the story begins
What is Curaçao?
What is shark?
The old man who Phillip gets stranded with
Who is Timothy?
The event that leads to Timothy's death
What is hurricane?
What is dialect?
The body of water where the story takes place
What is the Caribbean Sea?
What Phillip learns to do on his own
What is fish?
The cat
Who is Stew Cat?
Phillip and Timothy wait for this kind of ship to come by the island
What is schooner?
The country that owns the island that Phillip lives on
What is The Netherlands?
The type of island Timothy and Phillip land on
What is a cay?
What is palm tree?
Phillip's friend from Willemstad
Who is Henrik Van Boven?
The month of the boat crash
What is April?
The Caribbean spiritual practice Timothy believes in, most prominent in Haiti
What is voodoo?
The specific name of the place where Timothy and Phillip end up
What is Devil's Mouth?
What Timothy collects for him and Phillip to drink
What is rainwater?
She is Phillip's mother
Who is Grace?
This attacks Phillip and his mom's ship
What is torpedo?
The evil spirits that Timothy is afraid of
What is jumbi?
The name of the ship that Phillip and his mother leave on
What is the SS Hato?
Timothy builds this to help them get rescued
What is a signal fire?