novel chapters 1-5

how did they get to the coast?

train

what did Irina find?

a cat

what did max get for his birthday?

a pocketwatch

what was the profession of max’s father?

watchmaker

what did the father notice at the train station?

the clock was an hour and a half slow

what did max notice at the train station

the clock was going backwards

on his birthday, max turned….

13

the story takes place in the summer of…

1943

what important decision did the father announce on max’s birthday?

the family was going to move

how old was Irina?

8

why did the family move to the coast?

to get away from the war

how old was Alicia?

15

where was the new house located?

the northern end of a long beach

for max, what did the houses look like?

doll houses

how did the residents get around?

on foot

the house was

two floors

who lived in the house originally that the Carvers now were going to live?

the fleischmann family

what showed that the Fleischmann’s luck had changed?

Mrs. Fleischmann got pregnant

what tragedy happened in 1936?

jacob drowned

what effect did Jacob’s death have on Mr. Fleischmann?

he died within a couple of years

what heroic mission was tasked to max?

he had to rid the upstairs of spiders

what did the cat do with the spiders?

he ate them

what did max notice behind the house some 100 meters

a statue garden

what woke up max?

a figure covered in mist whispering in his ear

what was max’s goal that morning?

check out the sculpture garden

how did max get into the garden?

he broke the lock with a rock

what were represented by all the figures in the garden?

members of a circus

what figure was in the center?

a clown

what symbols did max notice in the garden?

a six pointed star in a circle

what scared max?

the figure in the middle’s hand that was closed was now open

in what shape were all the figures in the garden?

a six pointed star

what did max’s dad find in the garage?

2 bikes

what did max’s dad also find in the garage?

a projector and movies

why couldn’t max’s dad go for a ride on the bikes with him?

he had a meeting to discuss renting a place for his shop

what was Roland like?

tall, tan, thin and green eyes

what’s going to happen to Roland in September?

he’s enlisting in the army

where’s the best place for scuba diving?

by the old shipwreck

what happened to the ship in the bay?

it his the rocks in a storm

what happened to the survivor?

he adopted Roland when his parents died

what were Max and Roland going to do the next day?

scuba dive

what does Max need to bring when he meets up with Roland?

breakfast

what happened as Max bikes home?

it began to rain

what caused Max to fall asleep?

the sound of the rain