1. Why do you think that Ashmol decides to search for Pobby and Dingan for real instead of just pretending?
2. What connection does Asmol make between the land covered with seawater and Pobby and Dingan? Why is that important to the story?
3. What does Ashmol find inside their abandoned mine? Why does he believe that Pobby and Dingan are really there?
4. Why do you think Ashmol promises not to use the opal to get money? Do you agree with this decision?
5. In the very end of the novel, Ashmol talks about what it’s like to “believe in something which is hard to see. Or to keep looking for something that’s totally hard to find.” Discuss the importance of imagination and dreams in this novel. Why are they so important even if they cannot be seen. Consider what dreams Rex, the father, and Annie, the mother, have in the story. Consider, also, the dream that Ashmol has. How do those "unseen" dreams connect to Kellyanne's belief in Pobby and Dingan?
Please bring in to the quiz one index card with notes and quotes on it. It will be handed in as part of the quiz.
1. Because Ashmol love his family members. He think Kellyanne was dying, so he doesn't want Kellyanne be sad. He think Kellyanne was dying because of her lost her two best imaginary friends. He wanted to find Pobby and Dingan in order to let his sister be happy or become better.
2. Ashmol was not believe Pobby and Dingan were not real. But now Ashmol was searching Pobby and Dingan. That made a big change for him. Also he remember his dad told him "the opal dream". Land covered with seawater showing his mind change. From there Ashmol changed his mind, and he understood his sister's imaginary friends.
3. According to the book, "when I shone my torch on it I could see there was a bit of color there. My heart beat the world record for the pole vault. I brushed the dirt off as best I could and then I licked the Robbie. It was opal. Green. Red. Black. All them together" First he found an Opal in a new tunnel. Then he found Dingan's bellybutton. He came up with a story about what had happened in the abandoned mine that can fit everything, and then he can tells his sister what had happened to her imaginary friends.
4. I think it has two reasons. First, Ashmol has a dream about opal, so he loves Opal he doesn't want use it to get money. Second, he only has one opal, so he wants to use this Opal to do some more important things not just give money. I agree with this decision because money can earn by another way, but Ashmol only has one opal. I think he shouldn't trade Opal easily.
5. Annie's dream is about family. She wants to have a lovely family which is rich,full of happy, every body is healthy. Ashmol's dream is about the opal. These are seem like Kellyanne's belief in Pobby and Dingan. They more want to see them which is hard to see. Ashmol more wants to find Opal he might hard to find it. Annie more want to have a lovely she might hard to see it. The dream and imagination give to you a goal or an objective to work hard on it. So even they cannot be seen like Pobby and Dingan they still important.
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