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Saturday 27 February 2016

Practice Questions for the True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

In True Confessions…

Who wrote this book? Avi
Where had Charlotte spent the time between her 6th and 13th birthdays?  England (p. 2)
Who is the headmistress at Barrington School?  Miss Weed (p. 3)
What did Charlotte’s father say he would pay attention to in her journal?  Spelling (p. 4)
What does Charlotte do to say goodbye to Miss Emerson?  Cries and hugs (p. 8)
Who upsets Mr. Grummage by asking “Did you say Captain Jaggery?”  Porter (p. 10)
Where is Mr. Grummage going after the ship sails?  Scotland (p. 17)
Who has an arrow ferret-like face?  Mr. Kreetch/Second mate (p.18)
What crawls over Charlotte’s bed her first day on the Seahawk?  A roach (p.22)
Who is the cook, surgeon and preacher?  Zachariah (p. 26)
What do Zachariah and Charlotte have in common?  oldest/youngest, sole girl/sole black
Who says “a ship sails with any wind she finds”?  Zechariah (p. 29)
Who wears a tall beaver hat?  Captain Jaggery (p.34)
Who does the Captain ask for by name that is not listed as the crew?  Mr. Cranick (p.35)
Who says “time is money”?  Jaggery (p. 38)
At what did Charlotte fling her knife?  A rat (p.40)
Which sailor saw Charlotte carrying the dirk on deck?  Dillingham (p.42)
What is the first solid food given to Charlotte?  Hard tack (p.43)
What’s the name of Jaggery’s daughter?  Victoria (p.54)
Which Bible story does Charlotte think of when in the cargo hold?  Jonah (p.67)
Where does Charlotte lose the sheath of the dirk?  When alone with her trunk in the dark (p.71)
How does Charlotte wrap the dirk? Handkerchief (p.77)
What does Charlotte do for 20 minutes morning and night?  Brush her hair (p.79)
What does Charlotte write an essay about after Zechariah gives her canvas trousers and blouse?  Proper behavior for young women (p. 84)
What is keelhauling? To pull someone from one side of ship to other underwater (p.87)
How does Charlotte end up in sailor’s quarters for the first time? Getting a needle for Ewing (p.93)
Which game is found in sailor’s quarters?  Checkers (p.99)
How does Morgan warn Charlotte not to tell what she’d discovered?  Pretends to slit throat
Who was unarmed in the showdown between the crew and captain? Zechariah (p.107)
Who is the stowaway?  Cranick (p.107)
Who collected weapons crew was forced to drop?  Mr. Hollybrass (p.110)
How does Jaggery show that he believes Cranick is a nobody?  Not be entered in the log (p.113)
How do Hollybrass and Jaggery divide up the beating of 2?  2-Hollybrass; 48-Jaggery (p.120)
What makes Jaggery absolutely hate Charlotte?  She whipped his face in front of his crew (p.126)
How does Charlotte climb to the royal yard? by ratlines (p.145)
What does the crew say when Charlotte succeeds? Huzzah (p.151)
What does Charlotte lose when joining crew? Her own cabin (p.155)
Who gives Charlotte a knife to cut the sail?  Grimes
Who reaches for Charlotte’s hand in the hurricane?  Zechariah (p.175)
What had Hollybrass been holding before he died? Charlotte’s handkerchief
Who brings Zechariah food?  Keetch (p.192)
What does Jaggery accuse Charlotte of besides murder?  Of being “unnatural”
What is the destination of the Seahawk?  Providence, Rhode Island (p.235)
What does Jaggery day must always be made to preserve order? Sacrifices (p.243)
What does Jaggery try to grab onto when he plunges into the sea?  Figurehead/seahawk (p.251)
Who is made captain? Charlotte (p.252)
Why is Charlotte skeptical of accounts of deceased heroes? She made 2 false entries in ship’s log (p.253)
How did Zachariah become a sailor? Ran away from the home (p.255)
What is Charlotte’s brother’s name? Albert (p. 258)
What is Charlotte’s sister’s name? Evelina (p.258)
Why does Charlotte’s dad burn the journal?  Can’t accept it as true: out of “order”
Why does Charlotte want a newspaper?  to see the sailing schedule


In which book….

  • is “What Katy Did” referred to? (p.1)
  • is a mother never known “to disagree with” her husband? (p.2)
  • does someone wear a stovepipe hat? (p.7)
  • does something stand out “like a unicorn’s horn” (p.14)
  • does someone say “judgements as to rights and wrongs are left to my creator, not to children”? (p.17)
  • does someone think “I might have been a bale of cotton”? (p.19)
  • is there a galley?  (p.26)
  • is the term “final friend’ used? (p.28)
  • is to be an American to be a believer in justice? (p.46)
  • is someone asked to be another's “eyes and ears”? (p.57)
  • is time marked by bells? (p.60)
  • is a girl being courted for her friendship? (p.76)
  • is boiled flour and raisins eaten twice a week? (p.80)
  • do characters search for wind? (p.88)
  • are multiple characters called “jack”? (p.116)
  • is there a blood bird? (p.166)
  • does a character use a knife to give a haircut? (p.171)
  • do people work for 17 hours straight (p.181)
  • do servants refuse to be friends

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