The+Wreckers

The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence

Q1. What was the name of the ship that John was on? A1. Isle of Skye

Q2. Why wasn't John's father killed? A2. They thought he was carrying gold or diamonds and they wanted to know where he hid it.

Q3. Why did the people run away when they saw the blue lights? A3. They thought they were the ghosts of the people who they had killed coming back.

Q4. Who was Eli? A4. Eli was Mary's uncle and Mawgan's brother.

Q5. What was Parson Tweed's role? A5. He called the shots. He controlled what Caleb and the others did.

Q6. Why did Mawgan shine the blue lights? A6. It was his way of trying to prevent the town's people from wrecking the ships that came into the harbor.

Q7. What did the people do to get ships to wreck in the harbor? A7. They shined lights so the ships would think the harbor was a safe place to come.

Q8. Why did the people want the ships to wreck? A8. They wanted to plunder the ships.

Q9. What happened when a ship wrecked? A9. The people would kill anyone who washed ashore alive.

Q10. How did John find his father? A10. He whistled a song his father sang to his mother when she was dying. When his father heard it he made tapping noises back.

Q11. How did Eli get hurt with the pitchfork? A11. Parson Tweed went looking for John to kill him and found Eli.

Q12. What happened to John's pony when he went to free his father? A12. It fell into a mine hole.

Q13. Why was there sawdust in the barrels on the ship? A13. The people John's father bought the wine from cheated him by putting false bottoms into the barrels. They only filled them in part. The rest was sawdust.