The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AVI

Important Warning - Chapter 2

What circumstances forced the author onto this voyage?

Vocabulary:
idle (1)
somber (7)
loathsome (9)
decrepit (18)
dirk (23)

Chapter 3 - 4

Do you think Captain Jaggery was fair when he took Cranick's arm?  Why or why not?

Vocabulary:
perpetual (26)
nausea (30)
gruel (31)
dismay (35)
ire (36)

Chapter 5 - 7

At this point, who should Charlotte trust, the crtew or the captain?  Why?

Vocabulary:
impertinence (40)
mortify (40
dainty (42)
sodden (49)
grotesque (57)
smug (60)

Chapter 8 - 9

Would you tell Captain Jaggery about the round robin?  Why or why not?

Vocabulary:
tranquility (62)
shun (65)
servile (68)
brawl (73)
crude (78)

Chapters 10 - 12

Does the crew have the right to be angry at Ms. Doyle?  Do you think they will accept he as part of the crew?

Vocabulary:
destitute (83)
slander (91)
frantic (94)
ominous (97)
grope (101)
vacate (102)

Chapters 13 - 14

How does Captain Jaggardy treat Charlotte when she becomes one of the crew?

Vocabulary:
sincerity (109)
maim (112)
aloft (115)
recoil (120)
shirk (122)
fraud (129)

Chapters 15 - 16

Is Charlotte guilty of the murder?  Why would Jaggardy choose her?

Vocabulary:
gesticulate (133)
abate (141)
exasperation (143)
grope (146)
hesitant (148)

Chapters 17 - 18
What are some examples of ways in which the trail of Charlotte was unfair?

Vocabulary:
perish (150)
accuse (152)
torrent (156)
intone (160)
proclaim (166)

Chapters 19 - 21

Provide examples of Captain Jaggardy's madness.

Vocabulary:
despair (178)
logic (179)
confess (182)
quarrel (188)
concoct (190)

Chapter 22
After this voyage, why might Charlotte consider the Seahawk more of a home than living with her parents?

Vocabulary:
deceased (196)
intact (198)
lacking (202)