Charlotte Doyle Vocabulary and Study Questions, chapters 18-21.
Vocabulary - renounce, vivid, ballast, melancholy, morose, ensue, disarray, litany, affix, contort, transpire
  1. I have very ___________ memories of that trip to Catalina. I remember it like it was yesterday.
  2. When Charlotte began the voyage, she never imagined what would ________.
  3. The captain's face was ________(ed) into a horrible sneer.
  4. In Part II, Charlotte ____________(s) her lady-like past and joins the crew.
  5. After the rain cancelled my party, I was ___________ for days...
  6. ...and a deep _________ settled over me like a dark cloud.
  7. When the guest teacher left the room, chaos _____________(ed)...
  8. ...and the was in ____________ when she returned.
  9. The guest teacher recited a ______________ of complaints about third period.
  10. There wasn't enough _________________ in the bottom of the boat, so it tipped over easily.
  11. I was so happy when the teacher  ___________(ed) a gold star to my paper.
Study Questions, chapters 18-21.
  1. What is Jaggery's main argument against Charlotte?
  2. At the "trial," what does Jaggery use as evidence against Charlotte?

  3. 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.
  4. During her "trial," why didn't Charlotte tell Jaggery that she thought Zachariah had committed the murder?

  5. 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)

  6. Hollybrass was Jaggery's only friend, but Jaggery hated Charlotte so much that he killed him anyway to frame Charlotte.  a) True.  b) False.
  7. Charlotte realizes that Jaggery considered three people on the Seahawk threats to his power and control. Which three?
  8. Why is Jaggery in such a hurry to hang Charlotte?
  9. While waiting for Zachariah in her cage, Charlotte, for the first time in a while, thinks about her family. What does she picture?

  10. Whom do Charlotte and Zachariah let in on their plan?
  11. Charlotte is more comfortable with their plan now that someone else is in on it to help.  a) True  b) False
  12. While approaching the captain's cabin, Charlotte has a flashback to her first night on board the ship.  What triggers it?

  13. What does Jaggery say is the most important thing in the world?
  14. What choices does Jaggery give Charlotte when he catches her in his cabin?

  15. What does Jaggery tell the crew Charlotte was trying to do?
  16. What was Charlotte's reaction when Jaggery fell from the bowsprit?


 Spelling List #14.
  1. secretary
  2. separate
  3. impartial
  4. souvenir
  5. technical
  6. hysterical
  7. temperature
  8. temporary
  9. permanent
  10. theory
  11. treasure
  12. valid
  13. valuable
  14. vehicle
  15. warranty
  16. weird
  17. wrecked
  18. wreaked
  19. punctuation
  20. privilege
  21. reasonable
  22. precious
  23. presence
  24. restaurant
  25. behavior