Children of the Dust

What does Simon name the mutants?

What did Simon shoot when he first met Laura?

How did Ophelia feel when she found out that she may not be able to return to the bunker?

Simon's mother Ophelia had called them "dinosaurs in the bunker". What does this tell us about how Ophelia changed as she got older?

Who is Bill Harnden?

What is their dog's name?

Why do Bill and Dwight think it is a bad idea to take the cattle from the people outside the bunker for the needs of the people inside the bunker?

Why did Erica and Bill have a child together?

Who did Simon describe as the most hideous woman he had ever seen?

What was considered the greatest gift to people of the future?

What were the only things that Bill had to remind him of his past?

What evidence was there that the people outside the bunker had created a beautiful world to live in?

Whose farm is General McAllister planning to take the cows from?

How did Bill survive the Nuclear blast?

How many years did the nuclear winter last for?

Dwight compares people living in the bunker to "dinosaurs in the bunker". What does he mean?

What did Dwight Allison build

Who did Ophelia marry?

How did Simon's brother die?

Why did the humans always have to wear protective clothing?

How many people actually made it to the bunker before the bomb went off?

When they were on the way to Johnson's farm, Ophelia thought "physically she was with them. But in her mind she was totally alone". What does this mean?

Why did Harris punch Simon in the face?

When Dwight was upset about the way that General McAllister had take away their rights, he called him a military dictator. Ophelia responded with, "What does it matter who rules us". What does this tell us about Ophelia?

How does Ophelia feel when she sees her sister Catherine?

Who was the youngest child in the family?

What were the mutations of the children of the dust/homo superior? How were they different?

What had happened to the people of the bunker? How did they end up to be suffering and starving?

How many people had the Avon bunker been constructed to house?

Who was the person in charge of life in the bunker?

Which country is the story set?

Which character tried to tell William the truth about the situation of nuclear holocaust?

What does this quote tell us about Ophelia - "She had been brought up to respect the routine and the discipline, the restrictions imposed on her life. For the good of all people she was prepared to accept a personal loss"

Which character began to get sick first?