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1. What is the importance of time to Chuck (Tom Hanks) at the beginning of the
movie before the crash?
FedEx is all about delivering packages on time
2. How important is Chuck’s job to him at the beginning of the movie?
Extremely- even more so than family/ friends
3. Why was it so important for him to be able to open the coconut and get to the
liquid inside?
Sea is saltwater
4. How did he finally open the coconut shell?
Edge of a broken rock
5. Why did he create Wilson?
Companionship, preserve his sanity
6. Why was it so important for him to be able to start a fire?
Signal for help, warmth, cook food
7. How did he get the last 30 feet of rope he needed to finish the boat/raft?
From a noose at the top of the mountain
8. Why was he so upset when he thought he lost Wilson after he kicked him out of
the cave?
Wilson is the only company he has; didn’t want to be alone
9. What was the one thing that Chuck kept with him at all times from before the
crash?
Pocket watch with girlfriend’s (Kelly) picture in it
10. How did he keep track of what time of year it was?
Writing the months on the wall of the cave
11. What did he tell Wilson when they launched the raft to leave the island?
I’ll do all the work….you just hang on.
12. Why does he apologize to Wilson?
Because he lost him at sea
13. Why did Kelly not meet Chuck at the airport upon his return?
It was too difficult for her to deal with
14. Why does he sleep on the floor in the hotel?
He is not used to sleeping in a bed, and the floor is more
comfortable to him.
15. Why did Chuck go to Kelly’s house?
To give her the pocket watch that was her family’s heirloom
16. What had she saved of his all those years?
His/their car
17. Why did Kelly leave and go back home?
Because she had a family now
18. What was the rope at the top of the cliff for?
He tried to commit suicide while on the island
19. How did his values change by the end of the movie?
(various answers)