Charlotte Doyle Study Guide Chapters 5-7
What did Charlotte first believe startled her while she was getting her trunk? (pg. 70-71)
A person looking at her
What book was opened on the Captain's knee when Charlotte met the Captain for tea? (Pg. 52)
Bible
How was the Captains's quarters described? (pg. 51)
Choose any part of the description that shows the contrast between the Captain's quarters and the rest of the ship (i.e. paneled walls, decorations, furniture, etc)
Why does Captain Jaggery prepare Charlotte for his possible crassness or ill-treatment of the crew? How does he justify his behavior? (Pg. 56)
He tells her this so that she will not think of him as a bad person when he does treat the crew badly. He justifies his behavior by telling her that the crew sees kindness as a weakness. He is doing what is best for the ship--and, her father.
Where are the muskets? (Pg. 33)
In a locked cabinet in the Captain's quarters
What is a round robin? (Pg. 34)
It is a kind of pact. It is a smaller circle inside a larger circle with signatures around the circle. It is signed this way so that no signature is on the top or bottom as a way to avoid responsibility.
"Despite the decrepit appearance, Barlow was dexterous as a monkey." Simile or metaphor? (pg. 65)
It is a simile. He showed dexterity by climbing quickly down the mast and across the rigging.
What do both captain Jaggery and Zachariah want Charlotte to do with the dirk?
Keep it under her mattress
" In all directions I saw kinds of bales, barrels, and boxes I had seen upon the Liverpool docks. The sight was not romantic now. These goods were piled higgledy-piggledy one atop the other, braced and restrained here and there by ropes and wedges, but mostly held in by there own bulk. The whole reminded me of a great tumble of toy blocks jammed into a box." (pg. 67)
Metaphor: "...a great tumble of blocks jammed into a box." "The sight was not romantic now"--What does Charlotte mean? (Look back to pages 8 and 9) How is her impression of the voyage different now? -
Captain Jaggery was a brilliant ____________ and, I a _____________, basked in the reflected glory. Simile or metaphor? What does this explain about Charlotee's perspective of Captain Jaggery? (Pg. 62)
Part 1. Captain Jaggery was a brilliant SUN and, I a JUNO MOON.... Part 2. What do YOU think??
After pondering (thinking about) the situation) again, what did Charlotte realize? (pg. 73-74)
She realized that it was a grotesque carving made from a nut
What is Charlotte's resolution concerning bothmen?
To keep them both happy she decided to put the dirk under her mattress
Where does Captain Jaggery tell Charlotte to put the dirk? (pg. 35)
Under her mattress
What does Mr. Barlow try to warn Charlotte about? (pg. 69)
What do you think? Who was he talking about in the warning? What did Mr. Barlow tell Charlotte was the intent of the Captain's actions?
malicious
intentionally wanting to cause harm to someone.
dexterous
someone skilled at using their body, hands or mind.
bilge
the rounded, lower exterior part of a ship's hull
fathom
understand
grotesque
very ugly, distorted or shocking.
