Charlotte Doyle Study Questions/Vocabulary -- Chapters 1-5
  1. Write each character, and then write out each description that matches that character. If more than one description matches a character, write all the ones that do. You might not use all the descriptions.
  2. When Charlotte watches Grummage arguing with someone she can't see (ch 1), who does it turn out to be?  a) Jaggery.  b) Keetch.  c) The first mate.  d) Barlow.  e) Zacariah.
  3. When Zacariah offers to be Charlotte's friend, she...a) is grateful.  b) feels insulted.  c) says she needs a friend.  d) is secretly grateful, but turns him down.  e) none of the above.
  4. In the conversation Charlotte overhears outside her cabin, it sounds like Charlotte is on the ship... a)  for her own protection.  b) as a part of someone else's plan.  c) because her dad messed up.  d) because it was the only ship available.  e) All of the above.  f) None of the above.
  5. What's a... a) Jack Tar?  b) privy?
  6. When Charlotte first sees Jaggery, she knows at once he's the captain because of... a) his clothing.  b) the way he carries himself.  c) his face.  d) his cleanliness compared to the crew.  e) all of the above.  f) none of the above.
  7. Charlotte says that she shares something with the captain, which makes her respect him. What is it?  a) A love for the sea.  b) A love of good clothing and grooming.  c) Contempt for the crew. d) A respect for her father.
  8. (quote) Give an example, from his first speech to the men, of a comparison Jaggery uses to show how powerful he is as the captain of the ship.
  9. What did Jaggery say to escape punishment for what he did to Cranick?
  10. Why isn't Cranick on board to get his revenge too?
  11. Against whom does Zacariah say Charlotte needs the dirk to defend herself?  a) Jaggery.  b) the crew.  c) Hollybrass.  d) Keetch. e) Zacariah himself.
  12. (2) Now we know a) who wanted Charlotte on the ship, and b)  why. Explain.
  13. Bonus: What does  Zacariah mean when he says "I was first surgeon, then carpenter to Mr. Cranick"? (p42)
  14. Charlotte didn't want to tell Jaggery about what Zacariah had said because... a) she was afraid.  b) she thought Zacariah was just crazy. c) it would make her embarrassed.  d) she thought it would make it look like she was in on whatever the crew was planning.
  15. In his conversation with Charlotte in his cabin, Jaggery compares the crew to.. a) children.  b) animals.  c) criminals.  d) bullies e) all of the above.
  16. Jaggery tells Charlotte that he wants her to be his ___________ and ____________.
  17. Jaggery warns Charlotte that, if she ever sees a ______  ______ to make sure to tell him.
  18. (quote) What makes Charlotte change her mind about telling Jaggery where she got the knife?
  19. When she tells him she got the knife from Grummage, how does Jaggery react?  a) anger.  b) relief.  c) surprise.  d) laughter.
  20. After Jaggery gives the knife back to her, what does Charlotte promise herself she will do with it?
Vocabulary -- Definitions, POS (in notebook), blanks filled in, by Wednesday.
rash (adj), punctilious, sardonic, unimpeachable, decorum, breach, quell, vigilant, docile, implacable
  1. She was a very __________ student; every paper was perfect, with everything in its proper place.
  2. I heard that fact from a(n) ________________ source, so I really believe it.
  3. (2) Mr. Grummage thought it was a ____________ of ____________ for the porter to even be speaking to him.
  4. Don't do anything __________ which you might regret later.
  5. The principal had trouble __________(ing) the noise at the assembly.
  6. The formerly wild animal was now so __________ that you could pick it up.
  7. I begged my mom to change her mind and let me go to the party, but she was _____________.
  8. A lookout must always be _____________, and not let anything slip past him.
  9. "I just love all the homework I have this week," he said _____________(ally).