Characters: Tom Campbell-13 year old orphan from Grenfell mission taken in by Enoch & Fiona Murray Enoch Murray-Fisherman from Back O the Moon, marries to Fiona, takes in and adopts Tom Campbell Fiona Murray-Married to Enoch, has baby girl, April Adopts Tom Campbell Amos Bosworth-Fisherman, works with Enoch, shoots Thunder, married to Ruby Ruby Bosworth-Married to Amos Bert Bosworth-son of Amos and Ruby, is bully to Tom Nancy Bosworth-daughter of Amos and Ruby, wants Tom to teach her to read Margaret Rideout-lives on Back O the Moon, a granny, Rideouts take in others who lost everything in the tidal wave Rowena Rideout-Eddie s little sister, Thunder finds her when she gets lost Dr Sullivan-The doctor in Chance-Along who delivered Fiona & Enoch s baby Mr Robinson-Lawyer in Chance-Along Owned first automobile on island Thunder-Black Newfoundland hound rescued by Tom at sea. Saves several people in Back O the Moon and becomes Tom s pet dog Questions: 1. Where does Tom live for the first part of his life? Grenfell Mission Orphanage 2. Why was Tom Campbell in the orphanage? His parents died when he was young 3. Who comes to take Tom? Enoch Murray 4. What happens to Tom on the boat ride? He gets seasick 5. What does Enoch do for a living? He is a fisherman 6. What is Tom worried about on the boat ride to Chance Along? He is worried Enoch might not like him
7. What does Enoch tell to Tom to do on the boat ride? Go to the stateroom and get rest 8. Where do Tom & Enoch take the boat ride to? Chance-Along 9. Who meets Tom & Enoch at the dock? Fiona and Bert 10. Why was Bert there? Bert pestered his mother until she said yes 11. What did Bert do to Tom on the dock? He tripped him 12. What is the name of their horse? Prince 13. What did Fiona want to name the horse? Star 14. How do you get to Back o the Moon? By wagon or boat 15. What does Fiona read every Saturday night? The Bible 16. What color is the Murray s house? White 17. Who built the house? Enoch s parents 18. Where is the Murray house? On a rocky cliff 19. What color is the Bosworth s house? Green 20. Where is the Bosworth house? Close to the docks 21. Where is the Rideout s house? Near the top of the hill 22. Who carries Tom s bag in the house? Bert 23. Who chases Tom around the shed? Rufus, the red rooster 24. What was Enoch reparing the first time Tom went to the docks? A small punt (boat) 25. What does Enoch tell Tom about the small punt (boat)? It ll be his once they know it s seaworthy 26. What color does Tom want to paint the boat? Red 27. Who is sitting on a rock nearby when Tom is repairing the boat? Bert & Eddie Rideout 28. Who approaches Bert & Eddie when Tom is repairing the boat? Nancy Bosworth and Rowena Rideout 29. Why does Nancy watch Rowena? Rowena s mother is the islands granny 30. What is a granny? Someone who helps deliver babies 31. What does Tom learn about Bert, Nancy, Eddie, and Rowena while fixing his boat? They cannot read or write. 32. What does Nancy ask Tom to help her do? Read & write 33. Why can t Nancy s parents teach her to read & write? Pa (Amos) is too busy and Ma (Ruby) can t read 34. Why don t the children go to school? Because it is too far, in Chance- Along
35. What was unique about Enoch s boat? It had an engine 36. What does Tom place under his pillow at bedtime? His grandfather s pocketwatch 37. What is engraved on the pocketwatch? A Celtic knot 38. What does Tom pray for as he drifts off to sleep? Not to disappoint his family 39. Who goes out on Tom s first fishing trip? Enoch, Amos, Tom & Bert 40. What does Tom see in the water during the storm? A dog 41. Why doesn t Amos want to save the dog? It was too dangerous and could swamp the boat 42. Who claims the dog as his own? Bert 43. Why is Amos mad when they come in from fishing? Because Tom got the dog 44. What does Enoch tell Tom once they bring the dog home? They still need to find the owner 45. When Fiona wasn t feeling well, what did Tom do to help out? Hang the laundry 46. Who was teasing Tom about doing the laundry? Bert 47. Why was Thunder barking and running to Tom? Because Fiona fainted in the house 48. What did Tom do to try and wake up Fiona? He tried a magical word charmer, Ananamazaputus! 49. Who did Tom call to get help? He ran out to Bert, who fled. 50. What did Bert do when Fiona fainted? He cut the laundry line and threw their laundry all over. 51. Why did Enoch & Tom have to do the laundry? Because Bert cut the line and soiled the damp clothes. 52. Who did Fiona & Enoch see in Chance-Along to check on Fiona? Dr Sullivan 53. When did Tom discover Thunder was missing? The morning Enoch & Fiona went to see Dr Sullivan in Chance-Along 54. What news did Fiona have for Tom when the returned from Chance- Along? Fiona & Enoch were having a baby 55. When was the baby due? April 56. Why was Tom concerned about the baby coming? He d be sent back to the orphanage, but Fiona & Enoch wanted him to stay 57. Where did Tom find Thunder? In the Bosworth s far meadow barn
58. What happened when Tom took Thunder back? He got into a fight with Bert 59. What happened to his watch? The glass broke when he was thrown to the ground 60. When Enoch went fishing alone with Tom and Thunder, what did Enoch & Tom talk about? Enoch told Tom about the pirates and buried treasure in some of Newfoundland s caves 61. What is jannie talk? An ancient silly talk. The mummers would put on silly masks during Christmastime and visit houses, speaking in jannie talk. 62. Where did Tom first teach Nancy to read? In an open cave. 63. Why did Rowena get lost? Because Nancy was concentrating on writing and Rowena wandered off. 64. What was Rowena doing when she was found? Sleeping in a meadow 65. Who found her? Thunder & Tom 66. How did Thunder find her? Tom let Thunder sniff an article of her clothing and then was able to track her scent 67. What was Ruby s reaction to the news Tom was teaching Nancy to read? She was angry and told her to stop immediately 68. What did Margaret give Thunder for finding Rowena? A lamb bone with meat on it 69. Who else asked Tom for help reading? Eddie did when they came to thank him for finding Rowena 70. What did Tom hear through the stethoscope in Dr Sullivan s office? The baby s heartbeat 71. When Enoch, Fiona, Tom, & Thunder returned to Back o the Moon, why did Thunder jump out of the wagon and begin to bark in front of Prince? Because he was warning them of the earthquake 72. After the earthquake and aftershocks, what surprised Tom and Enoch as they went to the harbor? The water disappeared 73. What were Bert, Eddie, Nancy and other islanders doing in the dry seabed? Collecting the fish in pails 74. What did Thunder do when the islanders were in the dry harbor? He barked and tugged at people to get them out of the harbor 75. Why did Thunder try to warn the islanders in the dry harbor? Because of the coming tidal wave
76. What did Amos do when Thunder was warning the people in the harbor? He got his gun and shot him. 77. Who carried Thunder away from the oncoming tidal wave? Enoch and Ken Rideout, taking turns 78. Who took care of Thunder s gunshot wound? Margaret Rideout, the island granny 79. Whose house was destroyed by the tidal wave? The Bosworths. There were other homes ruined, along with the bridge. 80. What two houses remained standing after the earthquake and tidal wave? The Murrays and the Rideouts. 81. Where did the Bosworths stay after their house was destroyed? The women, Ruby & Nancy, stayed with the Rideouts and the men, Amos & Bert stayed with the Murrays 82. After the earthquakes, where did Tom sleep? With Thunder in the kitchen 83. Where did the Bosworths move to after the earthquake? Amos s brother in Chance-Along 84. When they all gathered before the Bosworths left the island, what does Ken Rideout ask Amos? If he would harm Thunder again 85. In the early winter, when Tom gave Eddie reading lessons, what was Eddie s surprise for his family? To read from the Bible all by himself 86. What did Tom & Enoch make for the baby? A cradle 87. Where did Fiona put the things she knit for the baby? In the cradle Tom & Enoch made 88. What stories did Enoch & Ken tell the boys during the winter? Tales of the pirates 89. What did Tom receive for a Christmas present? His repaired grandfather s pocketwatch 90. Who visited the Murray s home Christmas night? 6 mummers or jannies. 91. What did the mummers put on Thunder s head? A crown, they named him King of Dogdom 92. What did the mummers warn Tom about? Not to bring him to Chane- Along 93. Why was Tom concerned about going across the ice to Chance-Along in late January? Because of the mummers warning about Thunder
94. What bad news did Enoch get from Dr Sullivan on the visit to Chance- Along? The owner, Fowler, was offering a reward for the dog s return 95. What did Dr Sullivan do for Thunder while Tom & Enoch were in town? He brought him in to the house and wrapped his injured paws 96. What did Fiona call hate (when Tom said he hated Amos & Bert because they found Thunder owner)? A heavy chain to carry and to let it go. 97. In March, why did Amos & Bert come to visit the Murrays? To see if Amos wanted to go hunting for food. 98. Who stayed in Back o the Moon during the March Hunt? Eddie, Bert, & Tom 99. When Margaret Rideout came for a granny visit, what was the bad news about the baby? That the baby was breech, turned the wrong way 100. What did Tom say when Fiona wished the baby came right now? Not Yet, because Enoch was away hunting 101. What was Solomon Gosse s birthday? Any day that pork & duff was served 102. What did Margaret tell Tom about the baby? The baby wants to be born and needs a doctor 103. What did they (Margaret, Fiona & Tom) decide about seeing Dr Sullivan? That Fiona & Tom should cross because it would take too long for Tom to get the doctor and return 104. When Tom was crossing the bay, what happened when he stopped? He lost the compass 105. Why did Thunder stop when they needed to cross the bay to get to Dr Sullivan? He saw open water 106. How did Tom & Fiona finally get across the ice? Thunder led them safely around the open water on solid ice 107. After April was born, where did the Murrays stay until Enoch returned? With the Bosworths in Chance-Along 108. Where did April sleep? In a wooden biscuit box 109. Why was Tom worried after Enoch returned from the hunting trip? He was worried the Murray s didn t need him anymore 110. Why did the Murrays go to the lawyer, Mr Robinson? Enoch & Fiona wanted to adopt Tom
111. Who was at Mr Robinson s office when Tom & the Murrays arrived? Judge Shipton wa there to finalize the adoption 112. When did the Murray s return to Back o the Moon? In April 113. What was the bad news Tom received from Amos & Enoch? Mr Fowler was in town to get his dog 114. What did Tom decide to do when he got the news about Mr Fowler? That he and Thunder would run away, but never did 115. What did Enoch tell Tom about keeping Thunder? That God had sent Thunder for a reason and it s now time for him to go 116. What did Bert and Amos do with Thunder when Mr Fowler arrived? They hid the dog and painted the white streak on the dog s chest 117. What did Mr Fowler say to Tom while Tom was saying goodbye to Thunder? That he wished Thunder was his dog, but it wasn t so Tom was able to keep the dog