Charlotte Doyle Study Questions and Vocabulary. 2/6/12. Chapters 1-7. **SSI must answer in notebook.
  1. How is Charlotte able to recall just what happened with all the details?
  2. What made the first porter leave?  What literary term would we use for this scene?
  3. When Charlotte watches Grummage arguing with someone she can't see (ch 1), who does it turn out to be?
  4. When Zachariah offers to be Charlotte's friend, she...
  5. Zachariah tells Charlotte that they have two things in common, "enough to begin a friendship." What are the two things?
  6. What does Charlotte do with the knife she is given?
  7. In the conversation Charlotte overhears outside her cabin, it sounds like Charlotte is on the ship because...
  8. What's a... a) Jack Tar?  b) privy?  c) head?  d) hardtack?
  9. When Charlotte first sees Jaggery, she knows at once he's the captain because of...
  10. What is Charlotte's first impression of the crew?
  11. In his first speech to the men, how does Jaggery remind the men how powerful he is?
  12. What did Jaggery say to the court to escape punishment for what he did to Cranick? What did Cranick really do?
  13. What did Jaggery do to Cranick?
  14. 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.   Keetch, Grummage, Barlow , Zachariah, Charlotte         a) Warned Charlotte not to take this ship. b) Gave Charlotte something to protect herself. c) Gave Charlotte tea. d) Only pretended to want Charlotte off the ship. e) Ship's cook. f) Made Charlotte scream. g) Demanded a receipt for Charlotte.
  15. Against whom does Zachariah say that Charlotte might need the dirk to defend herself?
  16. Now you should know who wanted Charlotte to be on this particular voyage. Who? Why?
  17. Jaggery compares the crew to... a) criminals  b) idiots  c) animals  d) children  e) NOTA
  18. Jaggery assures Charlotte that, while he might seem harsh, he would never get violent with the men.  a) True  b) False
  19. Jaggery asks Charlotte to spy on the men for him.  a) True  b) False
  20. What's a round robin?
  21. What makes Charlotte change her mind about telling Jaggery where she got the knife?
  22. When she tells him she got the knife from Grummage, what is Jaggery's reaction?
  23. Who now seems to be the main antagonist in our novel?
  24. Define: bilge, brig
  25. What feeling is Charlotte getting at the end of chapter 6?
  26. Whose head did it turn out to be that Charlotte saw down below?
  27. Why did Charlotte think Barlow couldn't have been the one responsible for what happened down below?
  28. What did Charlotte finally decide to believe about what happened down below?
  29. Charlotte decides not to tell the captain what happened down below because she thinks he won't believe her.  a) True  b) False
  30. What does Charlotte mean when she says that she thinks both Zachariah and Jaggery are courting her?
  31. When Charlotte says, "Alas, such would not be the case,"  (p66) it is an example of  foreshadowing. a) True  b) False
  32. Who is the main protagonist of the novel?
Vocabulary -- **Definitions and **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 someone of such a low social classto 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).