Charlotte Doyle Study Questions and Vocabulary - Week of February 14.
Vocabulary. impertinent, inferior, slanderous, complicit, pastoral, smirk, trifle, wont, adversity, tableau
  1. Charlotte thought that if she didn't tell the captain what the crew said, that she would seem ________ with whatever they did.
  2. Charlotte thought Zachariah was being terribly ___________ in speaking to her the way he did...
  3. ...because she thought he was ___________ to her, and not worthy of speaking to her like that.
  4. Charlotte thought that the horrible things Zachariah about Jaggery said were _______________ lies, and was insulted that he would say such things to her.
  5. After he moved from the city to a  more __________ setting, he was much more relaxed.
  6. The ____________ on his face showed the disrespect he had for the teacher.
  7. When the porch lights went on, we all froze; a ____________ of TP'ers caught in the act.
  8. One of the signs of character is how well you bounce back from __________.
  9. As is his ___________, Mr. Coward always checks the specials in the cafeteria.
  10. Five points is a ____________(ing) amount compared to the total possible at the end of the semester.
Study Questions, chapters 6 - 11. Write the answers on this sheet.
  1. Define: bilge, brig
  2. What feeling is Charlotte getting at the end of chapter 6?
  3. Whose head did it turn out to be that Charlotte saw down below?
  4. Why did Charlotte think Barlow couldn't have been the one responsible for what happened down below?
  5. What did Charlotte finally decide to believe about what happened down below?
  6. Charlotte decides not to tell the captain what happened down below because she thinks he won't believe her.  a) True  b) False
  7. What does Charlotte mean when she says that she thinks both Zachariah and Jaggery are courting her?
  8. When Charlotte says, "Alas, such would not be the case,"  (p66) it is an example of  foreshadowing. a) True  b) False
  9. Who is the main protagonist of the novel?                                         Antagonist?
  10. How did Charlotte generally begin her days?
  11. What did Charlotte consider the high point of her days?
  12. a) Who is a favorite of the crew? b) Who is "ship's boy"? c) Who is the butt of many cruel jokes?
  13. What area of the ship is off-limits to Charlotte?
  14. Charlotte describes him as "nervous and agitated."___________
  15. The favorite Bible story of the crew was...?
  16.  What was Zachariah's second gift to Charlotte?
  17. Duff?                                                 Doldrums?
  18. Where is one place Charlotte says even the captain does not go?
  19. Now we know for sure who kept the other passengers off the ship. Who?
  20. What does Charlotte NOT find when she finally goes, on an errand, to the crew's quarters?
  21. How could we tell that the crew knew she was thinking about talking to the captain?
  22. How did the crew warn Charlotte not to tell?
  23. Who does Jaggery say he trusts more than anyone?
  24. When Charlotte tells what she saw, what is Hollybrass's reaction? What is Jaggery's reaction? 
  25. Who was the leader of the attempted mutiny?
  26. How does Jaggery crush the mutiny?
  27. Which person actually disobeys Jaggery, without getting punished for it?
  28. How does Jaggery demonstrate how little regard he had for Cranick after they dumped his body overboard?
  29. When Jaggery makes Charlotte choose whom to punish for the attempted mutiny, she chooses...
  30. What argument does Charlotte use to try to stop the whipping?
  31. When Hollybrass is whipping Zachariah, Charlotte...
  32. What made Jaggery beat Zachariah even more furiously?