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Why did the people of Nation call Daphne the "ghost girl"?
Because her skin was white - and she was as pale as a ghost
Why was Daphne upset that her father had brought a flag onto the island?
Daphne thought that England had made a habit of taking land from people that couldn't defend themselves. She didn't want that to happen to Nation.
"Mau was watching the two men climbing out of the boat. They had red jackets on and held complicated sticks, and looked at Mau as if he was, at best, a nuisance." What were the "complicated sticks" that the men were carrying?
guns
What is something Daphne did on the island that she couldn't have done in her "other life" in England?
help babies to be born, killed a man, sawed off a man's leg, make beer
How did Daphne prove to her father that no other European had been in the cave before her?
Because all the gold on the big door, and the gods, and the globe was still there
How did Daphne's father treat Grandmother once he became king?
He put her in her place, telling her, "You will be silent, woman. You will... act with grace and gratitude during the remainder of our stay in this place."
At the end of the book, the boy and girl twins were about to take part in a rite of passage. What did they have to do?
Guard the Nation for the first time, just like Mau used to, by standing alone on the beach at night with a spear
Where was this book set?
A parallel universe - the Great Pelagic Ocean
True or False: Bullets fired into water soon lose all their speed.
TRUE!
True or False: If you look into the sun directly with a telescope it will blind you.
TRUE!
True or False: Mau and Daphne got married on the island and lived happily ever after.
FALSE!
The King got the tattoo of Nation, a sunset wave, before he left the island. Did Mau get a tatoo?
Yes, he got 2 tattoos: a little blue hermit crab and a sunRISE wave
