Thursday, 3/19/09 - Tomorrow's Test: AW, Vocabulary, Charlotte
Warm Up. Click and Copy.
  1. Charlotte at first thought that Captain Jaggery was a man with ________, but she soon found that he could not be trusted.  a) intrinsic  b) integrity  c) reluctance  d) brusque  e) edification
  2. After his arrest, Tony ________(ed) his right to remain silent, and stopped talking. (Hint: It's sort of ironic.) a) undergo  b) incline  c) rebuff  d) invoke  e) thwart
  3. polite : brusque :: forthcoming : _________  a) manual  b) cowed  c) reluctant  d) nonetheless  e) gumption
  4. If you can't figure out how to use all your phone's features, you might want to ________ yourself  by reading the ________.  a) edify, scenario  b) edify, manual  c) thwart, colleague  d) reckon, tract  e) reckon, manual
  5. American Idol now uses a ________ of four judges.  a) scenario  b) tract  c) colleague  d) integrity  e) reckon
  6. He didn't study, ________ he was able to pass the test.  a) forthcoming  b) conceive  c) edify  d) rebuff  e) nonetheless
  7. To ________ literally means "to plunder."   a) undergo  b) compile  c) invoke  d) pose  e) persist
  8. To be ________ literally means "to lie next to."  a) conceived  b) suspended  c) inclined  d) adjacent  e) reluctant
  9. _______ literally means "contained within."  a) incline  b) intrinsic  c) persistent  d) manual  e) pose
Charlotte Quiz. (19-20)
  1. Charlotte thought that the reason the crew didn't speak up in her defense was that they thought she really did it.  a) True.  b) False.
  2. During her "trial," why didn't Charlotte tell Jaggery that she thought Zachariah had committed the murder?  a) She didn't think Jaggery would believe her.  b) She felt sorry for Zachariah.  c) She promised Zachariah that she wouldn't.  d) She wanted Zachariah to be able to attempt his plan of reporting Jaggery.  e) None of the above.
  3. What is Zachariah talking about when he uses an old sailors' expression, "the Devil will tie any knot, save the hangman's noose. That Jack does for himself"? (p179)  a) That Captain Jaggery is like the Devil.  b) That Charlotte is going to the Devil for what she did.  c) That if she doesn't tell Zachariah what she knows, she will die.  d) That whoever did kill Hollybrass is going to the Devil.  e) None of the above.
  4. Jaggery knows Zachariah is alive.  a) True.  b) False.
  5. Hollybrass was Jaggery's only friend, but Jaggery hated Charlotte so much that he killed him anyway to frame Charlotte.  a) True.  b) False.
  6. Charlotte realizes that Jaggery considered three people on the Seahawk threats to his power and control. Which three?  a) Hollybrass, Charlotte, Keetch   b) Zachariah, Charlotte, Keetch  c) Charlotte, Hollybrass, Fisk  d) Zachariah, Charlotte, Hollybrass  e) None of the above.
  7. Why is Jaggery in such a hurry to hang Charlotte?  a) He hates her so much.  b) They are almost to Providence.  c) He's not; 24 hours is the usual time.  d) He wants to scare the crew into not talking.  e) NOTA
  8. While waiting for Zachariah in her cage, Charlotte, for the first time in a while, thinks about her family. What does she picture?  a) How they will be shocked by her haircut.  b) How they will be shocked by her clothes.  c) How they will think she made it all up.  d) How they will eagerly listen to her adventurous tale.  e) NOTA
  9. Whom do Charlotte and Zachariah let in on their plan?  a) Barlow  b) Keetch  c) Fisk  d) Hollybrass  e) NOTA
  10. While approaching the captain's cabin, Charlotte has a flashback to her first night on board the ship.  What triggers it?  a) The creaking of the mast.  b) The banging of her cabin door.  c) The smell.  d) The sound of voices.  e) NOTA
Essay Examples. Rubricize. Final draft due next Thursday, 3/26.
 

Charlotte Aloud.