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53 Cards in this Set
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what was the only possession phillip had from timothy?
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his wooden handled knife
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how long was phillip on the cay?
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5 months
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how many days did he spend alone?
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47 days
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what was very powerful to phillip when he was alone and blind?
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his imagination
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what did tim want to own someday?
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his own schooner (boat) and sail with freigh and passengers
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how did the sailor respond when tim told him that he wanted to be a cabin boy?
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he said, "you'll be sorry"
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what did the sailor do to tim before giving him the job?
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examined him all over- checked his mouth, scalp, and toes
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what did phillip recall tim had been doing on the S.S. Hato?
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chipping paint- he was a crew member
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why had tim been working at his age?
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there was a shortage of sailors because of the war so he volunteered
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what did phillip learn about pity from tim?
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he said it was often a deadly enemy
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what happend w/ phillip's mother after the boat was torpedoed?
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she swam around looking for phillip- was grabbed by a sailor and put into a life boat- they held her in to keep her from jumping overboard
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desribe the relationship between tim and hannah gumbs.
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someone left him on her doorstep when he was a baby and she took him in and raised him
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how did hannah feel about tim working on the ship?
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she didnt like it- she wanted him to be an apprentice so he could learn to make furniture
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what did hannah mean when she said "don' tie de rope till you cotch de goat"?
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don't get your hopes too high
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what about tim frightened phillip?
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his size and face
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what did tim believe his father had been?
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a sailor
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what were tim's duties on the boat? (4)
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scrub the deck, clean the bathroom, make the captains bed, help the cookhe was very proud of them although his
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how did tim feel about the shoes?
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he was very proud of them although his feet did get blistered because he wasnt used to them
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what happen with the amager?
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they hired a bukra boy and left without timothy
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why was Curacao so much different now from when Phillip used to live there?
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Now he's not able to see
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what was Papiamentu? (6 languages)
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Dutch, English, Portuguese, African, Spanish, and French
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how did Phillip feel once he got home?
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he felt like a stranger in his house, plus frustrated and useless
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what was Phillip's first meal at home? (3 things plus toppings)
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BLT, icecream with chocolate chip cookies, rice pudding with raisins
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who came to visit Phillip once he was home?
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Henrik van Boven
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what was taken on the ship to trade for African Americans? (7)
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pots and pans, tools, guns, bolts of cloth, cheap jewelry, and bottles of perfume
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what hapened to Hannah Gumb's parents?
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They were slaves and they both died
- Her dad died digging holes - Her mom dropped over a weeding cone |
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why didnt Phillip immediatelu want to have the surgery?
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it was a very serious operation
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why didnt the doctor talk to Phillip right away?
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he wanted him to get more xrays first
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why did Phillip's mother get upset when he kept mentioning Timothy?
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she was uncomfortable around African Americans
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how did Wobert describe his days as a slave?
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he worked from sun up to sun down everyday except on Sunday
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why did Hannah pay Mama Geeches?
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to get rid of the jumbi, evil spirits
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what happened during the nine previous surgeries the doctor performed?
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3 gained partial vision
1 died 5 remained blind |
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what did Phillip decide about the surgery? why?
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he was going to go through witht the surgery because he wanted to see the cay again
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describe Gertrude Theismann.
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A milk colored ship, as pretty as a butterfly, Philadelphia-home port
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what did Tim not know about the trip that the captain wrote in his journal?
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they wouldnt be returning back to Philadelphia
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what happened to Timothy as he was climbing the rope?
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he froze-couldnt go up or down
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who finally helped Timothy move on the rove?
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Horace Simpson
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what did Phillip's father bring him?
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navigation charts and a sailing directions book
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why was Phillip's father talking about their trip to the cay so much?
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To give him hope
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bluggoe
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a thick, fat tropical plant
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sinewy
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forceful
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Danish money
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emancipated
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freed, not restricted
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chiggers
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a type of parasite
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subdued
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calm and controlled
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taut
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tense
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troughs
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a channel for conveying water
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tamarind
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a tree
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fodder
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coarse food for livestock
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Bukra Boys
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white boys
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hibiscus
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type of plant that has large, snowy flowers
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brooding
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preoccupied with depressing and painful memories
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sheen
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shine
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