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Chapter 11 Who did Timothy go fishing with? |
Wobert Avril |
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What kind Of fish did they catch? |
They were hand-lining for grouper. |
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What did Timothy believe about wobert? |
Wobert knew more about fish and birds and the sea than any man alive. Timothy was sure of it. |
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What did Tante Hannah tell Timothy about wobert? |
To listen to him and that he was very wise. |
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What did Tante Hannah tell Timothy about wobert? |
To listen to him and that he was very wise. |
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What did Timothy want from wobert? |
His knowledge. |
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What did wobert tell stories about? |
Wobert told the best stories about fish and jumbis, the evil spirits.Timothy both believed them and didn't believe them at the same time. |
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What did wobert tell stories about? |
Wobert told the best stories about fish and jumbis, the evil spirits.Timothy both believed them and didn't believe them at the same time. |
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What did wobert tell that really happened? |
They saw a 7 foot barracuda. |
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Who did wobert tell the best stories about? |
jumbis was the one where Mama Geeches battled a jumbi under the stairwell of Hotel 1829. She was the "obeah" lady who lived in Back o' All and cast spells. |
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What happened in the stairwell of 1829? |
The smoke jumbi was threatening to burn the hotel down until Mama Geeches, who was less than four feet tall, fought it and killed it with ground up butterflies. Her throat and private parts had gotten scratched. |
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How long did wobert sail in the Atlantic Ocean? |
Forty four years |
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What was wrong with wobert? |
In his old age his right knee had become stiff and useless. He walked like he had a peg leg. |
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What kind of fish should they not eat? Why? |
Goatfish, because it was poison. Gut rot and would make you very sick. |
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What kind of fish should they not eat? Why? |
Goatfish, because it was poison. Gut rot and would make you very sick. |
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What did Timothy want to talk to wobert about? |
Being a slave but he didn't talk about much just like tante Hannah. |
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What kind of fish should they not eat? Why? |
Goatfish, because it was poison. Gut rot and would make you very sick. |
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What did Timothy want to talk to wobert about? |
Being a slave but he didn't talk about much just like tante Hannah. |
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How did wobert say he and tante Hannah were alike? |
They were both slaves but they were born on st Thomas. They didn't have to make the voyage across. |
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What kind of fish should they not eat? Why? |
Goatfish, because it was poison. Gut rot and would make you very sick. |
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What did Timothy want to talk to wobert about? |
Being a slave but he didn't talk about much just like tante Hannah. |
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How did wobert say he and tante Hannah were alike? |
They were both slaves but they were born on st Thomas. They didn't have to make the voyage across. |
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What was it like for wobert as a boy? |
Timothy said he wanted to know how it was with Wobert when he was a boy. Wobert laughed again. "Dey made me tend chickens when ah was five. Ah had caca 'tween my toes till I was twelve." Caca was chicken dung, Timothy knew. |
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What did wobert have to do in the fields? |
We dug holes 'bout four feet square, an' nine inches deep, wid heavy hoes. Next we forked manure into de holes, den planted cane cuttins..."
(They planted cane) |
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What did wobert have to do in the fields? |
We dug holes 'bout four feet square, an' nine inches deep, wid heavy hoes. Next we forked manure into de holes, den planted cane cuttins..."
(They planted cane) |
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Who came over while Timothy and Tante Hannah were eating? |
Mama Geeches came over uninvited and sat down by Tante Hannah. The birdlike, tiny woman, always dressed in lavender and wearing silver rings on her baby-sized fingers, was paid to chase jumbis. She was also paid to bring good luck. |
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Why was Timothy afraid of mama geeches? And who else visited her? |
He was afraid of her old-country spells and magic. There were many stories about Mama Geeches. She was neither young nor old, neither living nor dead. Even bukras came down from their mansions in the hills to visit Mama Geeches for one reason or another. |
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What did mama geeches offer to do? |
Sink the amager for 2 kroners |
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Then what did she tell Timothy to do that he decided he would do? |
Save ore so he could pay her 2 kroners to get a good ship. Not a bad luck one. |
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Chapter 12 What did Timothy think dr was more concerned about? |
The headaches he had on the island. |
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How did his parents describe the dr. |
my parents described him as square faced and gray haired, a large man with bushy eyebrows and a big nose. His cheeks were red. He was Danish. They said he had powerful hands with long fingers. Along |
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What did fhe dr think had happened to Phillip? |
I believe that whatever struck you in the back of the head caused internal bleeding in the area of the occipital lobes..." |
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What was the surgery going to be like? |
A very delicate surgery against the brain . A team of surgeons would have to do it. |
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How many surgeries had been successful? |
Three out of 9. 2 with 80% and one with 90% vision during the day. |
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What did Philip mom say about the surgery? |
It was too risky and Phillip would have to remain blind. |
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What did Phillips dad say about the surgery? |
That Phillip survived on the island and that he would make the decision to have the surgery or not. |
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How long would he be in the hospital? And when would his vision come back? |
In the hospital for 2 days and then observation for a month. It would take two weeks for them to know if his vision would return. |
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What could the surgery cause besides not working? |
Residual headaches or epilepsy |
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Chapter 13 Who Phillip ask if he should do the surgery and what was his answer? |
He asked Timothy and he said no rain, no rainbows. Sorrow in Darkness at night brings joy in the morning. |
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Chapter 13 Who Phillip ask if he should do the surgery and what was his answer? |
He asked Timothy and he said no rain, no rainbows. Sorrow in Darkness at night brings joy in the morning. |
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Why did Philip want the do the surgery? |
Because he wanted to see the cay. |
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What Phillip not want to do later in life? |
Regret that he didn't have the surgery. |
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What happened during the previous 9 surgeries? |
3 regained partial Vision
1 died
5 remained blind |
