1. The narrator knows what has happened. He or she is not guessing or making it up. The reader feels that this is a true story, a report, not imagination.
2. a) The narrator is a girl, probably a teenager as she is old enough to be interested in boys and allowed to go bush camping with her friends. She was chosen to tell the story because her group thinks she is the best writer.
b) Chronological means in the order of time, or in the order that things happen. It is the timeline of the events.
4. "Know" is present tense and "knew" is past tense. Ellie speaks of her parents in the present tense, which means they are still alive, after the events we are going to hear about. Ellie specially draws our attention to her use of the present tense 'know'. This is a hint that some big events will take place in her story but we are to know that she and her parents are OK.
1. The things you would need to take on a five day camping trip
are some shirts, pants, jumpers, gloves, socks, undies and a towel. Also, food like cereals, such as Vita Brits, and snacks, like chips. Even though the book does not mention them, I think you would need a tent and a sleeping bag.
2.a) The strange thing about the bridge was that they thought that they were the first people to ever see Hell. But obviously they weren't, because the bridge was built there. Also strange was the type of bridge. It was no rough like a bush bridge. It was well built and detailed.
b) The group thought the bridge was the hermit's because no one else would have gone to the trouble of building it. He would be the only one who would benefit from the bridge.
3. Ellie saw on the second night a whole lot of jets flying low overhead. The weird thing was that the jets had no lights on.
4. Ellie was shocked to find out about Homer liking Fi, because Homer always said he is too tough to have emotions and, also, Homer had never been interested in a girl before.
5. a) Ellie meant t...